Parents: Inez Florence (Thurber) and Walter Samuel Bailkey
Siblings: Eunice, George, Earl, Bernice, Nina
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USNR
Service No: 3051887
Award: Purple Heart
Entered the service from Wisconsin
On Feb 19, 1942, Gunner's Mate Third Class HAROLD MILARD BAILKEY, a US Navy Armed Guard, was on the American motor merchant, Lake Osweya, as the ship made its way to Halifax, NS. The unescorted freighter had left New York on the 16th, loaded with goods and supplies for the allied war effort, and was bound for Reykjavik Iceland via Halifax. Late that night, as they approached Halifax, a British merchant ship, the Empire Seal, was ahead of them when it was torpedoed and sunk by German submarine U-96. Lake Osweya immediately changed course and began zigzagging in an effort to evade the u-boat, but in the early morning hours of the next day, Feb 20th, U-96 fired one torpedo from a distance of 500 yards, hitting Lake Osweya amidships. The freighter broke in two and sank quickly. Three lifeboats were launched but were never found.
There were 30 Merchant Mariners and 9 US Navy Armed Guards on board; none survived.
Harold Bailkey's name can be found on the Tablets of the Missing, East Coast (WWII) Memorial, Battery Park, New York, NY
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About the US NAVY ARMED GUARD
"The U.S. Navy Armed Guard was a service branch of the United States Navy that was responsible for defending U.S. and Allied merchant ships from attack by enemy aircraft, submarines and surface ships during World War II.
The men of the Armed Guard served as gunners, signal men and radio operators on cargo ships, tankers, troop ships and other merchant vessels..."
from:http://www.armed-guard.com/about-ag.html
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Siblings: Eunice, George, Earl, Bernice, Nina
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USNR
Service No: 3051887
Award: Purple Heart
Entered the service from Wisconsin
On Feb 19, 1942, Gunner's Mate Third Class HAROLD MILARD BAILKEY, a US Navy Armed Guard, was on the American motor merchant, Lake Osweya, as the ship made its way to Halifax, NS. The unescorted freighter had left New York on the 16th, loaded with goods and supplies for the allied war effort, and was bound for Reykjavik Iceland via Halifax. Late that night, as they approached Halifax, a British merchant ship, the Empire Seal, was ahead of them when it was torpedoed and sunk by German submarine U-96. Lake Osweya immediately changed course and began zigzagging in an effort to evade the u-boat, but in the early morning hours of the next day, Feb 20th, U-96 fired one torpedo from a distance of 500 yards, hitting Lake Osweya amidships. The freighter broke in two and sank quickly. Three lifeboats were launched but were never found.
There were 30 Merchant Mariners and 9 US Navy Armed Guards on board; none survived.
Harold Bailkey's name can be found on the Tablets of the Missing, East Coast (WWII) Memorial, Battery Park, New York, NY
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About the US NAVY ARMED GUARD
"The U.S. Navy Armed Guard was a service branch of the United States Navy that was responsible for defending U.S. and Allied merchant ships from attack by enemy aircraft, submarines and surface ships during World War II.
The men of the Armed Guard served as gunners, signal men and radio operators on cargo ships, tankers, troop ships and other merchant vessels..."
from:http://www.armed-guard.com/about-ag.html
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Parents: Inez Florence (Thurber) and Walter Samuel Bailkey
Siblings: Eunice, George, Earl, Bernice, Nina
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USNR
Service No: 3051887
Award: Purple Heart
Entered the service from Wisconsin
On Feb 19, 1942, Gunner's Mate Third Class HAROLD MILARD BAILKEY, a US Navy Armed Guard, was on the American motor merchant, Lake Osweya, as the ship made its way to Halifax, NS. The unescorted freighter had left New York on the 16th, loaded with goods and supplies for the allied war effort, and was bound for Reykjavik Iceland via Halifax. Late that night, as they approached Halifax, a British merchant ship, the Empire Seal, was ahead of them when it was torpedoed and sunk by German submarine U-96. Lake Osweya immediately changed course and began zigzagging in an effort to evade the u-boat, but in the early morning hours of the next day, Feb 20th, U-96 fired one torpedo from a distance of 500 yards, hitting Lake Osweya amidships. The freighter broke in two and sank quickly. Three lifeboats were launched but were never found.
There were 30 Merchant Mariners and 9 US Navy Armed Guards on board; none survived.
Harold Bailkey's name can be found on the Tablets of the Missing, East Coast (WWII) Memorial, Battery Park, New York, NY
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About the US NAVY ARMED GUARD
"The U.S. Navy Armed Guard was a service branch of the United States Navy that was responsible for defending U.S. and Allied merchant ships from attack by enemy aircraft, submarines and surface ships during World War II.
The men of the Armed Guard served as gunners, signal men and radio operators on cargo ships, tankers, troop ships and other merchant vessels..."
from:http://www.armed-guard.com/about-ag.html
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Siblings: Eunice, George, Earl, Bernice, Nina
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USNR
Service No: 3051887
Award: Purple Heart
Entered the service from Wisconsin
On Feb 19, 1942, Gunner's Mate Third Class HAROLD MILARD BAILKEY, a US Navy Armed Guard, was on the American motor merchant, Lake Osweya, as the ship made its way to Halifax, NS. The unescorted freighter had left New York on the 16th, loaded with goods and supplies for the allied war effort, and was bound for Reykjavik Iceland via Halifax. Late that night, as they approached Halifax, a British merchant ship, the Empire Seal, was ahead of them when it was torpedoed and sunk by German submarine U-96. Lake Osweya immediately changed course and began zigzagging in an effort to evade the u-boat, but in the early morning hours of the next day, Feb 20th, U-96 fired one torpedo from a distance of 500 yards, hitting Lake Osweya amidships. The freighter broke in two and sank quickly. Three lifeboats were launched but were never found.
There were 30 Merchant Mariners and 9 US Navy Armed Guards on board; none survived.
Harold Bailkey's name can be found on the Tablets of the Missing, East Coast (WWII) Memorial, Battery Park, New York, NY
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About the US NAVY ARMED GUARD
"The U.S. Navy Armed Guard was a service branch of the United States Navy that was responsible for defending U.S. and Allied merchant ships from attack by enemy aircraft, submarines and surface ships during World War II.
The men of the Armed Guard served as gunners, signal men and radio operators on cargo ships, tankers, troop ships and other merchant vessels..."
from:http://www.armed-guard.com/about-ag.html
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Inscription
BAILKEY HAROLD M GUNNER'S MATE 3 C USNR WISCONSIN
Gravesite Details
BODY LOST AT SEA: Mr. Bailkey was on the MS Lake Osweya when the ship was torpedoed and sunk during WWII.
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