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ANDREW JOHN BABYAK JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 12, 1946 – April 9, 1968
Service recordAndrew John Babyak JR, of Youngstown, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 9, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 48E, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48E · Line 56
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Chemical Equipment Repairer (54D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- October 12, 1946
- Home of record
- Youngstown, Ohio (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 9, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date April 9, 1968; 12 of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 22 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 48E, Line 56
- ALBERT WILLIAM WARTHANStaff Sergeant · April 8, 1968
- ARTHUR J WEINPERCorporal · April 8, 1968
- SALVATORE AGRI JRPrivate First Class · April 9, 1968
- THOMAS FRANCIS CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · April 9, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GREGORY H WATKINSPrivate · Panel 49E, Line 1
- GERALD STEVEN HANSENPrivate First Class · Panel 49E, Line 2
- KENNETH ALLEN HARDINStaff Sergeant · Panel 49E, Line 2
- LARRY BARNEY JENKINSPrivate First Class · Panel 49E, Line 2
- JACK RAYMOND REINKESpecialist Four · Panel 49E, Line 5
- PEDRO VALENZUELAPrivate First Class · Panel 49E, Line 6
From Youngstown
- ROBERT G WRIGHTStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- NATHAN JOHN COLE JRCorporal · January 8, 1966
- PAUL ELROY HELSEL JRSpecialist Four · February 27, 1966
- JAMES EDWIN PROMMERSBERGERSergeant · April 16, 1966
- AMALIO GONZALEZPrivate First Class · April 25, 1966
- CHARLES EDWARD FRANKLINColonel · August 14, 1966
- CHARLES F AZARA JRLance Corporal · August 24, 1966
- JOHN FRANCIS BURNSLance Corporal · October 20, 1966
- DONALD ALLEN JACKSONPrivate First Class · November 16, 1966
- WALTER SUHARMajor · November 26, 1966
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.