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JACOB BENEDICT BABIN JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 15, 1949 – March 26, 1971
Service recordJacob Benedict Babin JR, of Malden, Massachusetts, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 26, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 79 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 79
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
- Military Police (95B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- December 15, 1949
- Home of record
- Malden, Massachusetts (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 26, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date March 26, 1971; seven of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 60 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 79
- GEORGE THOMPSON JRSergeant · March 25, 1971
- DENNIS LAVERN WASZKIEWICZStaff Sergeant · March 25, 1971
- ROBERT DANIEL COFFEYPrivate First Class · March 26, 1971
- JAY JOHN FISHBECKSpecialist Five · March 26, 1971
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT DANIEL COFFEYPrivate First Class · Panel 4W, Line 79
- WILLIAM ARTHUR KINDERSpecialist Five · Panel 4W, Line 80
- LAWRENCE PHILLIPSStaff Sergeant · Panel 4W, Line 81
- GORDON EDMUND TIBBETTSSergeant · Panel 4W, Line 81
From Malden
- JOHN F WADENPrivate First Class · November 21, 1966
- CHARLES WILLIAM ROBERTSONCaptain · January 9, 1967
- PETER MICHAEL SULLIVANPrivate First Class · February 8, 1967
- JOHN RICHARD MEUSEPrivate First Class · May 3, 1967
- EDWIN JAMES CASALETTOStaff Sergeant · May 29, 1967
- RAYMOND ALBERT GIGNACMaster Sergeant · January 19, 1968
- RODNEY ARTHUR ALFANOFirst Lieutenant · February 2, 1968
- SAMUEL JAMES RUMSON JRPrivate First Class · March 8, 1968
- DAVID EDWARD GREGOIRELance Corporal · March 20, 1968
- WILLIAM JOSE SHORTSLEEVESSpecialist Four · March 25, 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.