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SSGT Cecil Frederick Badgett

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SSGT Cecil Frederick Badgett Veteran

Birth
Saint Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri, USA
Death
6 Aug 1944 (aged 21)
Wilhelmshorst, Landkreis Potsdam-Mittelmark, Brandenburg, Germany
Burial
Savannah, Andrew County, Missouri, USA Add to Map
Memorial ID
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511th Bomb Squadron, 351st Bomb Group, Heavy
B-17G-75-BO Flying Fortress #43-37520
Shot down by flak and enemy aircraft, Missing Air Crew Report 7585.

Members of the Uttley Crew:

1Lt. George W. Uttley, Pilot, KIA.
2Lt. Charles W. Hayes, Co-Pilot, KIA.
2Lt. Milton A. Sheir, Navigator, POW.
SSgt. James Ralston, Jr., Bombardier, KIA.
SSgt. Cecil F. Badgett, Top Turret Gunner, KIA.
SSgt. Alvin Bernstein, Radio Operator, POW.
Sgt. William T. Saunders, Left Waist Gunner, KIA.
Unmanned, Right Waist Gunner.
Sgt. Joe Garza, Ball Turret Gunner, KIA.
Sgt. Marion C. Coverdale, Tail Gunner, KIA.

Husband of Geraldine F. Badgett.

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U. S. Army Service No. (ASN): #37524101
Enlistment Date: 04/28/1943

Cecil F. Badgett is listed as Killed In Action in the 1946 Army and Army Air Forces Personnel Casualty List for Buchanan County, Missouri.

Missouri, U.S., Birth Registers, 1847-1999 lists a middle name of Fredric. U.S., Cemetery and Funeral Home Collection, 1847-Current lists his middle name as Frederick.

U.S., School Yearbooks, 1900-2016 lists him as a student at Lafayette High School, St. Joseph, Missouri in 1940. A previous listing is also found for the 1937 yearbook edition of Benton High School, Saint Joseph, Missouri.

U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947 lists his residence as 14827 Runnymede Street, Van Nuys, Los Angeles County, California. Contact person listed as Norman L. Badgett of same address. Middle name spelled as Fredrick. Place of birth listed as St. Joseph, Missouri. Employed by Lockheed Aircraft Company, Burbank, California as of 06/30/1942 registration date.

***I would like to thank mokennehan Find A Grave ID 47119719 for creating this memorial***

***I would like to thank Amy Find A Grave ID 47368542 for adding her gravesite photo to this memorial***

***I would like to thank Jaap Vermeer Find A Grave ID 47735775 for adding his photos to this memorial***

***I would like to thank Russ Pickett Find A Grave ID 46575736 for updating the rank information on this memorial***

***I would like to thank Tressia Find A Grave ID 47642449 for linking his mother to this memorial***
511th Bomb Squadron, 351st Bomb Group, Heavy
B-17G-75-BO Flying Fortress #43-37520
Shot down by flak and enemy aircraft, Missing Air Crew Report 7585.

Members of the Uttley Crew:

1Lt. George W. Uttley, Pilot, KIA.
2Lt. Charles W. Hayes, Co-Pilot, KIA.
2Lt. Milton A. Sheir, Navigator, POW.
SSgt. James Ralston, Jr., Bombardier, KIA.
SSgt. Cecil F. Badgett, Top Turret Gunner, KIA.
SSgt. Alvin Bernstein, Radio Operator, POW.
Sgt. William T. Saunders, Left Waist Gunner, KIA.
Unmanned, Right Waist Gunner.
Sgt. Joe Garza, Ball Turret Gunner, KIA.
Sgt. Marion C. Coverdale, Tail Gunner, KIA.

Husband of Geraldine F. Badgett.

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U. S. Army Service No. (ASN): #37524101
Enlistment Date: 04/28/1943

Cecil F. Badgett is listed as Killed In Action in the 1946 Army and Army Air Forces Personnel Casualty List for Buchanan County, Missouri.

Missouri, U.S., Birth Registers, 1847-1999 lists a middle name of Fredric. U.S., Cemetery and Funeral Home Collection, 1847-Current lists his middle name as Frederick.

U.S., School Yearbooks, 1900-2016 lists him as a student at Lafayette High School, St. Joseph, Missouri in 1940. A previous listing is also found for the 1937 yearbook edition of Benton High School, Saint Joseph, Missouri.

U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947 lists his residence as 14827 Runnymede Street, Van Nuys, Los Angeles County, California. Contact person listed as Norman L. Badgett of same address. Middle name spelled as Fredrick. Place of birth listed as St. Joseph, Missouri. Employed by Lockheed Aircraft Company, Burbank, California as of 06/30/1942 registration date.

***I would like to thank mokennehan Find A Grave ID 47119719 for creating this memorial***

***I would like to thank Amy Find A Grave ID 47368542 for adding her gravesite photo to this memorial***

***I would like to thank Jaap Vermeer Find A Grave ID 47735775 for adding his photos to this memorial***

***I would like to thank Russ Pickett Find A Grave ID 46575736 for updating the rank information on this memorial***

***I would like to thank Tressia Find A Grave ID 47642449 for linking his mother to this memorial***

Inscription

CECIL F BADGETT
SSGT US ARMY
WORLD WAR II
AUG 2 1923 - AUG 6 1944



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