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DAVID PAUL BABEY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 24, 1949 – October 19, 1969
Service recordDavid Paul Babey, of Rochester, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 19, 1969, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 89 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 89
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- June 24, 1949
- Home of record
- Rochester, New York (Monroe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 19, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date October 19, 1969; four of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 46 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 89
- STEPHEN LAMONT SHARPCorporal · October 18, 1969
- VALENTINE BERRONES SUAREZGunnery Sergeant · October 18, 1969
- JOHN HENRY TAYLORCorporal · October 18, 1969
- WAYNE LAWRENCE ADKINSPetty Officer First Class · October 19, 1969
Same unit, same day
- GERALD JAMES GUILLORYPrivate First Class · Panel 17W, Line 90
- ALLEN FRANCIS KEATINGSpecialist Four · Panel 17W, Line 91
- EDDIE LEE WALKERPrivate First Class · Panel 17W, Line 92
From Rochester
- EUGENE RICHARDSONAirman First Class · October 24, 1964
- JOHN E EHRMENTRAUT JRPrivate First Class · April 24, 1965
- ALBERT S KNIGHT IIILance Corporal · June 22, 1965
- JOHN BERNARD TETTEPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- GEORGE STEPHEN BALAZYPrivate First Class · September 12, 1965
- JOSEPH CHRISTIANOColonel · December 24, 1965
- NOEL MICHAEL BARTOLFPrivate First Class · January 2, 1966
- NICHOLES SOCHACKIPrivate First Class · February 25, 1966
- RICHARD FLOYD SMITHPrivate First Class · March 16, 1966
- ROBERT JULIUS VANREYPENPrivate First Class · March 27, 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.