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WILLIAM F BAGGS JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 5, 1948 – April 10, 1969
Service recordWilliam F Baggs JR, of Glenolden, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 10, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 47
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- October 5, 1948
- Home of record
- Glenolden, Pennsylvania (Delaware County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 10, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date April 10, 1969; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 83 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 47
- RAYMOND MICHAEL WINFREYSpecialist Five · April 9, 1969
- JESSIE ARREDONDOSpecialist Four · April 10, 1969
- JOHN THOMAS BOONELance Corporal · April 10, 1969
- STEPHEN J BORYSZEWSKILance Corporal · April 10, 1969
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS GEORGE MANDERFELDSpecialist Four · Panel 27W, Line 50
- OLIVER EUGENE REYNOLDS JRCorporal · Panel 27W, Line 52
- JOSEPH FRANK SPINNICCHIASergeant · Panel 27W, Line 52
From Glenolden
- HOWARD C MCCARTHY JRSecond Lieutenant · August 2, 1966
- CHARLES EDWARD SMITHPlatoon Sergeant · January 15, 1967
- RONALD GARY GRUMLINGCorporal · February 28, 1967
- RONALD BOYSEN BAKERMajor · February 10, 1970
- FRANCIS JOSEPH MCCANN JRSpecialist Four · April 26, 1971
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.