Private-Pagett-OMPF
Below is a page from a Marine Corps Official Military Personnel File (OMPF) belonging to Private Pagett, the Marine Corps bulldog mascot. He was a gift from the Royal Marines of Great Britain, following the death of Sgt. Major Jiggs in 1927. Private Pagett enlisted on June 27, 1927, and would represent the Marine Corps proudly until his death on May 5, 1928. The National Archives at St. Louis also houses several other OMPFs for military mascots, including Marine Corps bulldogs Sergeant Major Jiggs I, Sergeant Major Jiggs II, Sergeant Major Jiggs III, Sergeant Jiggs IV, and Archibald Greenkins; Marine Corps eagles Private Old Gimlet-Eye (named after Brigadier General Smedley D. Butler); Navy goat Billy; and Navy dog Brownie.
View and download these items from Private Pagett's Official Military Personnel File on the National Archives Catalog. This record is located within Record Group 127: Records of the U.S. Marine Corps. Many of the records in this collection have not yet been digitized. We encourage researchers to visit us onsite to explore these records and learn more about the archival collections held in the National Archives at St. Louis.