Joseph Vaghi was born on 27 June 1920 in Bethel, Connecticut, USA. He was married to Agnes E. Crivella. He died on 25 April 2012 in Bethesda, Maryland, USA.
Youngest US Navy beachmaster on D-Day (6 June 1944) in World War II at age 23. At the invasion of Normandy, he was one of the first personnel off a landing craft at Omaha beach, directing the arrival of new troops and the evacuation of the dead and wounded.