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Personal info

Full name
BAGBY, Paul Daniel
Date of birth
16 June 1915
Age
29
Place of birth
Carlisle, Stewart County, Tennessee
Hometown
Marion County, Indiana

Military service

Service number
35562476
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
414th Infantry Regiment,
104th Infantry Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
17 April 1945
Place of death
Halle, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
H 12 21

Immediate family

Members
Henry L. Bagby (father)
Mary E. Bagby (mother)
Silas J. Bagby (brother)
Earl L. Bagby (brother)
Carl N. Bagby (brother)

More information

Pfc Paul D. Bagby enlisted in Indianapolis, Indiana on 13 October 1942. He was a chauffeur before he enlisted.

He was sent overseas in September 1944. He was slightly wounded on 4 March in Germany for which he was awarded a first Purple Heart Medal.

Pfc Bagby was awarded the Silver Star for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action against the enemy when on 17 April 1945 he threw himself over a wounded soldier in order to protect him from a German grenade, thereby saving the soldier's life but costing him his own life.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Family Tree, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: Niek Schoonbrood, The Grand Rapids Press - 20 April 1945