June 26, 2003
In memoriam:
Sgt. Tony
Bailey
A memorial
service for Sgt. Tony Bailey of Hq. and Hq. Co., 26th Area Support
Group will be held Friday, June 27 at 10 a.m. at the Cambrai-Fritsch
Kaserne Chapel in Darmstadt.
Bailey died
Sunday in a German hospital in Darmstadt of injuries sustained May 31
during an altercation with another soldier.
German and
U.S. military agencies are conducting an investigation.
An autopsy
will be performed to determine the cause of death. No charges have been
filed in the case.
Bailey, 26,
a Huntington, W. Va. native, was a military police working-dog handler.
His duty station was Darmstadt.
He is
survived by two brothers and four sisters.
EXCERPT FROM "HERALD-POST ONLINE -
Serving the communities of the 26th Area Support Group"
(http://www.26thasg.heidelberg.army.mil/newspaperweb/Archive/2001/Sept13/flashes.htm)
26th
ASG dog handlers win awards
September 13, 2001
Military police officers from
the 26th Area Support Group captured top awards in the USAREUR military
working dog competition last month.
Dog handlers from the 26th ASG
swept the obedience course category, with first place going to Spec.
Tony Bailey and working dog Tarzan from Darmstadt; second place
to Staff Sgt. Kenyatta Mack and working dog Bradley from Heidelberg;
and third place to Staff Sgt. Raymond Wilson and working dog Ruby from
Kaiserslautern.
First place in overall patrol dog went
to Staff Sgt. Raymond Whitaker and working dog Max from Darmstadt; and
second place went to Mack and Bradley.
Bailey and
Tarzan won first place in obedience and third place in the same
category went to Mack and Bradley.
The team of Whitaker and Max also won
first place in criminal apprehension and third place in suspect
detection.
Also participating in the Aug. 20-24
competition in Kitzingen were Sgt. Sherill Henderson from Heidelberg
and Staff Sgt. David Coomer from Kaiserslautern.