WWII

Herbert "Speedy" Baggett

Rate / Rank
PFC

Birthdate
August 31 1917

Date of Death
October 26 1978

Branch
US Army

Active Duty Service
August 9 1942 - December 10 1945

Conflicts & Campaigns

Pacific Theater of Operations
September 14, 1943 - November 26, 1945
Northern Solomons, Luzon, Pacific

Significant Duty Stations

Inducted; Fort McPherson, Atlanta, Georgia.
Headquarters Battery 140th Field Artillery Battalion

Decorations & Citations

Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal with two bronze stars with arrowhead
Philippine Liberation Medal with one bronze star
American Campaign Medal; World War II Victory Medal
Marksman-Rifle Expert-Bayonet

Notes

US Army serial number 34-353-857. Born; Whigham, Grady County, Georgia. Home of record; Rt. 2, Whigham, Georgia. Brother of Private First Class Hiram Monroe Baggett US Army. Burial; Providence Cemetery, Whigham, Grady County, Georgia.