Coffenberg, Bailey Metcalf

Title

Coffenberg, Bailey Metcalf

Last Name

Coffenberg

First and Middle Name

Bailey Metcalf

Hometown

Stapleton, Staten Island, New York

Birth Date

June 23rd, 1894

Birthplace

Sackett Harbor, New York

Death Date

May 14th, 1970

Place of Death

Hillsborough, Florida, United States

Parents

Father: Philip Coffenberg (born in Germany 1857 or 1858 or 1859-April 19th, 1927)
Immigrated to the U.S. in 1858.
Occupation: U.S. Inspector
Worked on the Panama Canal

Mother: Elizabeth Coffenberg (born in England Jan 1859-August 22nd, 1925).
Immigrated to the U.S. in 1876, married in 1884.

Siblings

Ernest W. Coffenberg (Mar. 1886-Jul 13th, 1959). Birthplace: Wyoming

Elizabeth Coffenberg (Nov. 1887-?) Birthplace: Arizona.

Laura Coffenberg (Mar. 1891-?) Birthplace: Arizona.

Spouse(s)

Marjorie D. Kehoe (abt. 1899-1985)

Children

Beulah Marjorie Howard (July 17th, 1922-July 19th, 2002)

VPI Graduating Class

1918

Graduated

No.

Service Branch

Marine Corps

Unit

N/a

Rank

Major

Captain-Accepted commission of Second Lieutenant on April 5th, 1917.

1st Lieutenant (Temp.) from August 14-17

Military Events

Hit in the hand (gun shot wound) during the Battle of Chateau-Thierry, Field of Glory. Wounded from June 3rd-18th.

Aisne-Marne-Def (Chateau-Thierry-Sec) Aisne-Marne-Off (Soissons) St- Mihiel-Off.

Served overseas from Aug 22-17 to Feb. 28-19.

Shot Wound Sept. 15-18.

Battles or Engagements

Battle of Chateau-Thierry, Field of Glory, France.

Other Events

Was at the Headquarters for the Marine Corp in Washington D.C. from April 4th-17th 1917. Coffenberg was in Norfolk, Virginia from April 10th-17 1917, A.E.F. (American Expeditionary Forces) France from Aug. 22-17, and was at Quantico, Virginia from March 17th-19th.

Coffenberg is buried in Arlington National Cemetery.

Additional Notes

From the New York departure lists, Bailey Coffenberg departed from Port au Prince, Haiti on the ship S.S. Cristobal. Coffenebrg, along with his wife and daughter, arrived in New York on February 26th, 1925. Coffenberg is listed as Capt. Bailey M. Coffenberg.

On the 1940 Federal Census, it is stated that Coffenberg did not attend college.

Contributing Researchers

Gillian Barth

Bibliography

Ancestry.com. 1940 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.

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Ancestry.com. 1920 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.

Ancestry.com. New York, Wills and Probate Records, 1659-1999 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015.

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Year: 1925; Arrival: New York, New York; Microfilm Serial: T715, 1897-1957; Microfilm Roll: Roll 3614; Line: 12; Page Number: 6

National Cemetery Administration. U.S. Veterans' Gravesites, ca.1775-2006 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.

"Chateau-Thierry, Fields Of Glory." World War One - Chateau-Thierry, Fields Of Glory. 1918. Accessed December 02, 2017. http://www.oldandsold.com/articles26/world-war-one-44.shtml.

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Citation

“Coffenberg, Bailey Metcalf,” VPI in World War I, accessed November 21, 2024, https://vpiworldwarone.lib.vt.edu/items/show/966.

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