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THOMAS EDWARD BAGLINI
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 11, 1947 – May 27, 1968
Service recordThomas Edward Baglini, of North Providence, Rhode Island, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 27, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 65W, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 65W · Line 4
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. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Light Wheel Vehicle Mechanic (63B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- February 11, 1947
- Home of record
- North Providence, Rhode Island (Providence County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 27, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
78 names on the Wall carry the date May 27, 1968; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 236 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 65W, Line 4
- NIKOLA BABICHLance Corporal · May 27, 1968
- WILLIAM JOSEPH BALLINGERMajor · May 27, 1968
- DONALD EDWARD BEATTYSergeant · May 27, 1968
- CHARLES THOMAS COATSLance Corporal · May 27, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOHN PAUL EDWARDSSpecialist Four · Panel 65W, Line 6
- THOMAS HILL GOODMAN JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 65W, Line 8
- RUBEN LEE HORTONPrivate First Class · Panel 65W, Line 9
- MICHAEL EUGENE LUDWIGPrivate First Class · Panel 65W, Line 11
- THOMAS HAROLD NERINIPrivate First Class · Panel 65W, Line 12
- OLLIE LESLIE SAULS JRPrivate First Class · Panel 64W, Line 1
- RONALD RAY WALLACESergeant · Panel 64W, Line 3
- SYLVAIN LARRY WHITEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 64W, Line 4
From North Providence
- WILLIAM GUNTHER NORBERGMajor · June 7, 1966
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.