Rank and Name, Gunner’s Mate First Class William Edward Baggett.
Unit/Placed in, USS Mississippi (BB-41) Battleship, United States Navy.
William is born approx. on 29 June 1922 in Hunter, Texas.
Father, Edward W. Baggett.
Mother, Hester (Dixon) Baggett.
Brother(s), Thomas J. Baggett.
William enlisted the service in Texas with service number # 3601788.
William was KIA when Turret Nr. 2 got shot an a explosion occurred on 20 Nov. 1943, he is honored with a Purple Heart, Combat Action Ribbon, Good Conduct Medal, Expeditionary Medal, American Campaign Medal, Navy & Marine Presidential Unit Citation, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.
William is buried/mentioned at Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu County, Hawaii U.S.A.
Courts of the missing.
William also has a Memorial Grave at Milano Cemetery, Milano, Milam County, Texas, USA.
Thanks to, https://pacificwrecks.com/ships/usn/BB-41.html
http://www.navsource.org/archives/01/41a.htm
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/L588-R18
Jean Louis Vijgen, ww2-Pacific.com and Europe 1940-1945 on Facebook.
Air Force Info, Rolland Swank.
ABMC Website, https://abmc.gov
Marines Info, https://missingmarines.com/ Geoffrey Roecker
Seabees History Bob Smith https://seabeehf.org/
Navy Info, http://navylog.navymemorial.org
POW Info, http://www.mansell.com Dwight Rider and Wes injerd.
Philippine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/ Robert Capistrano
National Historian
Navy Seal Memorial, http://www.navysealmemorials.com
Family Info, https://www.familysearch.org
Info, https://www.pacificwrecks.com/
Medals Info, https://www.honorstates.org
Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com
Tank Destroyers, http://www.bensavelkoul.nl/
