World War II Honoree
Killed in World War II
Verne D. Bailey
Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Warren, Ohio
Honored By
Jan Bos
SERGEANT, WAS A PARATROOPER IN C BATTERY, 376TH PARACHUTE FIELD ARTILLERY BATTALION, 82ND AIRBORNE DIVISION. C BATTERY PARTICIPATED IN OPERATION HUSKY II (11 JULY 1943). HE WAS ONBOARD OF C-53 41-18606 THAT WAS SHOT DOWN BY FRIENDLY FIRE. THE PLANE CRASHED IN A SWAMP AT PANTANO GARCIA, NEAR ST CROCE CAMERINA, KILLING ALL ONBOARD. AFTER THE WAR HE WAS BURIED IN THE CROWN HILL CEMETERY, VIENNA TOWNSHIP, TRUMBULL COUNTY, OHIO.