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Personal info

Full name
BAGG, Richard Taylor
Date of birth
15 January 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Yonkers, Westchester County, New York
Hometown
Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut

Military service

Service number
O-819177
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Function
Co-Pilot
Unit
325th Bombardment Squadron,
92nd Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
16 July 1944
Place of death
Roth, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
E 18 29

Immediate family

Members
James G. Bagg (father)
Floy A. (McKinney) Bagg (mother)
James F. Bagg (brother)
Harvey M. Bagg (brother)
Frances H. Bagg (sister)
Alfred G. Bagg (brother)
Alice E. Bagg (sister)
Adele E. (Ayres) Bagg (wife)
Cynthia Bagg (daughter)

More information

The plane was shot down by fighters.

S/Sgt joseph E. Dieken:
Lt Bagg was killed due to an extremely deep cut on left side of skull. Parachute was open but not blossomed. It is my believe the parachute was faulty or he hit his head on something while bailing out or coming down in chute. He was buried at Roth, Germany.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / We are Family Tree, www.fold3.com – MACR, www.findagrave.com – MAJ Jimmy Cotton

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Anonymous, www.ancestry.com - U.S. School Yearbooks, www.newspapers.com – The Montclair Times - 20 January 1944