MARINE CORPS SERVICE

Rank: Corporal

MCSN: Unknown

Enlisted: 30 August 1911

Unit: American Legation Guard, Peking, China

Discharged: 30 August 1915

Awards: Marine Corps Good Conduct Medal #5358, Marine Corps Expeditionary Medal (Peking, China)

ARMY SERVICE

Rank: Sergeant

ASN: 2175201

Enlisted: 12 December 1917

Unit: Headquarters Company, 353d Infantry Regiment, 89th Division, A.E.F.

Awards: Distinguished Service Cross, Purple Heart

Killed In Action on 30 October 1918.

DISTINGUISHED SERVICE CROSS CITATION

The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 9, 1918, takes pride in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross (Posthumously) to Sergeant Harry E. Bayly, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Headquarters Company, 353d Infantry Regiment, 89th Division, A.E.F., near Remonville, France, 22 October 1918.

"When the advance was checked by severe machine-gun fire, Sergeant Bayly, who was in charge of a one-pounder section, volunteered to open fire on the nest with a Stokes Mortar. Holding the mortar between his legs, he put it in action immediately and silenced the machine-gun nest, allowing the advance to continue. Sergeant Bayly was killed by shell fire several days later."

G.O. #66, War Department, 21 May 1919