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DENNIS LEE BABCOCK
Private · U.S. Army
September 3, 1949 – May 28, 1969
Service recordDennis Lee Babcock, of Mauston, Wisconsin, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on May 28, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 5
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
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 3, 1949
- Home of record
- Mauston, Wisconsin (Juneau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 28, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date May 28, 1969; three of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 38 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 5
- ROBERT CLYDE YATESCorporal · May 27, 1969
- FLOYD EDWARD BARBERSpecialist Four · May 28, 1969
- DUDLEY JAMES BENEFIEL JRFirst Sergeant · May 28, 1969
- RONALD CHARLES BOOTHESpecialist Four · May 28, 1969
From Mauston
- JAMES EDWARD LARSONSergeant · October 17, 1967
- ALBERT CLAY WATSON JRLance Corporal · October 31, 1967
- JAMES G RILEYSpecialist Four · December 11, 1967
- RONALD ROBERT NILESFirst Lieutenant · July 31, 1969
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.