LYNDEN DELAWORTH BAILEY, born 10 April 1917 in Pleasants County, W.Va., was the son of Herbert Theodore Bailey and Elizabeth Jane Wise, married in Pleasants County in 1912.

1920 Census, Washington District, Pleasants County, W.Va.
#166 - Mt. Dewey
H. T. Bailey, Head, 29, Laborer Oil Fields, b. W.Va.
Janie Bailey, Wife, 25, b. W.Va.
Luverna Bailey, Daughter, 6, b. W.Va.
V. D. Bailey, Son, 5, b. W.Va.
Lindon Bailey, Son, 2, b. W.Va.

1930 Census, Grant District, Pleasants County, W.Va.
#207 - Pleasants County Infirmary
Herbert T. Bailey, Inmate, 37, b. W.Va.
Jannie E. Bailey, Inmate, 35, b. W.Va.
Laverna M. Bailey, Inmate, 17, b. W.Va.
Val D. Bailey, Inmate, 15, b. W.Va.
Linden Bailey, Inmate, 12, b. W.Va.
Mary Bailey, Inmate, 10, b. W.Va.
Wilbert Bailey, Inmate, 7, b. W.Va.
Forest Bailey, Inmate, 5, b. W.Va.
Edith Bailey, Inmate, 3, b. W.Va.

According to his Army Enlistment Record, Lynden D. Bailey enlisted 22 January 1941 at Pittsburgh, Pa. He had a grammar school education, was born in West Virginia, and was residing in Beaver, Pa. His Civil Occupation was Farm hand.