The Korean War Veterans Honor Roll
Reuben Samuel Baggett
Rank
Aviation Ordnanceman First Class, U.S. Navy
Unit
6 PATRON
Date of Death
November 6, 1951
Aviation Ordnanceman First Class Baggett was a crew member aboard a patrol bomber, P2V-3 Neptune, from Patrol Squadron 6 (VP-6) at Naval Air Station Atsugi, Japan. He was on an intelligence gathering mission over the Sea of Japan on November 6, 1951 and was shot down by Soviet fighters near Vladivostok, USSR. He was presumed dead on November 7, 1952. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.