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EDWARD MARTIN BABIARZ
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 7, 1947 – August 1, 1968
Service recordEdward Martin Babiarz, of Round Lake, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 1, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 50W, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50W · Line 40
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- June 7, 1947
- Home of record
- Round Lake, Illinois (Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 1, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date August 1, 1968; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 62 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 50W, Line 40
- GEORGE ALLEN ALFORD JRCorporal · July 31, 1968
- RICHARD D SULLIVAN JRLance Corporal · July 31, 1968
- JAMES MARVIN WILKINSLance Corporal · July 31, 1968
- LARRY GENE BANDYSergeant · August 1, 1968
Same unit, same day
- EARL AKIO OKUMURAPrivate First Class · Panel 50W, Line 42
- WILLIAM FOSTER HOOK JRPrivate First Class · Panel 50W, Line 46
From Round Lake
- EDWARD ALAN MELTZERLance Corporal · October 27, 1967
- ROBERT CHARLES PETERSCorporal · January 30, 1968
- LARRY KEITH HENDEEFirst Lieutenant · October 31, 1968
- JOHN EDWARD CARLSONSpecialist Four · September 16, 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.