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EWING COTTRELL BABBAGE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 29, 1941 – January 28, 1966
Service recordEwing Cottrell Babbage, of Hopkinsville, Kentucky, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 28, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 102 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 102
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- March 29, 1941
- Home of record
- Hopkinsville, Kentucky (Christian County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 28, 1966
- Age
- 24
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date January 28, 1966. In January 1966, 401 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 131 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 102
- WILBUR MEARL WISEPrivate · January 27, 1966
- THOMAS ROGER DEVLINSpecialist Four · January 28, 1966
- JOHN PHILLIP FEWELL JRCaptain · January 28, 1966
- WILLIAM CHARLES GEISPrivate First Class · January 28, 1966
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM CHARLES GEISPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 102
- THOMAS RICHARD GRANTSecond Lieutenant · Panel 4E, Line 103
- TAYLOR DOUGLAS JOHNSONMajor · Panel 4E, Line 103
- THOM THURSTON OSBORNPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 104
- JAMES ROBERT TAYLORPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 105
- CARLOS ZAMORA JRSpecialist Five · Panel 4E, Line 105
From Hopkinsville
- DONALD FRANKLIN MCMILLANCaptain · April 2, 1966
- CHARLES SEABORN ABELCaptain · September 13, 1966
- LARRY REEDSergeant · December 25, 1966
- JOSEPH ALLEN SCRUGGSCorporal · April 5, 1967
- WADDEL EVANSPrivate First Class · May 11, 1967
- JOSEPH LORAN MILLERPrivate First Class · July 12, 1967
- MICHAEL R HARRIS JRPrivate First Class · July 26, 1967
- WILLIAM ANDREW WRIGHTStaff Sergeant · September 20, 1967
- ISTVAN MOLNARStaff Sergeant · February 1, 1968
- ESTEVAN TORRESMaster Sergeant · March 22, 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.