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DWIGHT FABIAN BABEL
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 6, 1948 – September 5, 1969
Service recordDwight Fabian Babel, of Kenosha, Wisconsin, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 5, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 36
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 First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- November 6, 1948
- Home of record
- Kenosha, Wisconsin (Kenosha County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 5, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date September 5, 1969; 17 of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 36
- ELTON HARROLD ALEXANDERPrivate First Class · September 5, 1969
- ASBERRY BEARD JRCorporal · September 5, 1969
- CARL GARY BECKPrivate First Class · September 5, 1969
- JONATHAN R BORTLESergeant · September 5, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DONALD NORMAN CARTLANDStaff Sergeant · Panel 18W, Line 37
- CHARLES LOUIS HARRISStaff Sergeant · Panel 18W, Line 38
- GARY WILLIAM LAHNACorporal · Panel 18W, Line 40
- HARRY W PIERCE JRPrivate First Class · Panel 18W, Line 42
- RAYMOND BRUCE THOMASCorporal · Panel 18W, Line 44
From Kenosha
- PEKKA TRUNKHAHNSpecialist Four · May 16, 1966
- WILLIAM RAY HILLCaptain · April 16, 1967
- JAMES LEE VANBENDEGOMStaff Sergeant · July 12, 1967
- RAY ARTHUR SCHOLDSpecialist Four · September 3, 1967
- RAYMOND EDWARD MILADINPrivate First Class · November 9, 1967
- RALEIGH L HEWITT IIWarrant Officer 1 · November 14, 1967
- JOEL ALOIS MATUSEKSecond Lieutenant · November 27, 1967
- JAMES E LYNNSergeant First Class · December 15, 1967
- MURRAY WAYNE VANLONE SRStaff Sergeant · January 20, 1968
- GERALD ROBERT ANDERSONSpecialist Four · February 4, 1968
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.