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JOSEPH BRADSHAW BAGGETT
Major · U.S. Air Force
April 18, 1930 – December 16, 1965
Service recordJoseph Bradshaw Baggett, of Ft Pierce, Florida, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He died on December 16, 1965, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 18
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- April 18, 1930
- Home of record
- Ft Pierce, Florida (St Lucie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 16, 1965
- Age
- 35
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date December 16, 1965; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In December 1965, 326 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 18
- JOSE BAMBA DUENASStaff Sergeant · December 16, 1965
- AUBURN WOOD FOREMAN JRCorporal · December 16, 1965
- RAYMOND STANLEY JOY JRCorporal · December 16, 1965
- WILLIAM ROBERT MOORELance Corporal · December 16, 1965
From Ft Pierce
- ERNEST PRESIDENTSpecialist Four · October 10, 1965
- CLAUDDELL GANDYPrivate First Class · May 11, 1966
- ARTHUR WILLIE GREENEPrivate · January 20, 1967
- CARL ROGERS STOVALLPrivate First Class · May 23, 1967
- HERSHEL HILLARY ROHN JRMajor · August 6, 1967
- VANESTER LAMAR HESTERSpecialist Five · November 13, 1967
- ROBERT LEE CULBERTH JRCorporal · November 30, 1967
- RICHARD WAYNE SHIVERPrivate · January 10, 1968
- GLOUSTER RHYNESPrivate First Class · May 24, 1968
- JIMMY HERMAN SMITHLance Corporal · June 10, 1968
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.