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KENNETH ALVIN BABB
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 26, 1946 – June 11, 1966
Service recordKenneth Alvin Babb, of Suffolk, Virginia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 11, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 33
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- December 26, 1946
- Home of record
- Suffolk, Virginia (Suffolk (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 11, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date June 11, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 113 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 33
- DERWOOD D STEIGLEMAN JRSergeant · June 10, 1966
- DONALD CLAIR WYLESPrivate · June 10, 1966
- KENNETH JAMES BOSSIETechnical Sergeant · June 11, 1966
- DANNIE GLENN BRASWELLPrivate First Class · June 11, 1966
Same unit, same day
- DANNIE GLENN BRASWELLPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 33
- RONALD JOSEPH BRISSETTEPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 34
- DENNIS EDWARD BROWNPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 34
- DAVID GRADEY BRYANPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 34
- HENRY BURCHSpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 34
- THOMAS STEWART CAMERONPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 35
- THOMAS W CHATBURN IIIPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 35
- WILLIE COLE JRSpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 35
- ERNEST LOUIS DURANStaff Sergeant · Panel 8E, Line 35
- GRADY LEE ELDERSergeant · Panel 8E, Line 36
- CHARLES EVANS FORDPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 36
- MICHAEL ANTHONY GARRISPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 36
- JAMES EDWARD HILLPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 36
- LOUIS ALLEN JEFFERSONPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 36
- DONEL RAY JOHNSONSpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 37
- JERRY WAYNE LOONEYPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 37
- HERMAN RICHARD MENEELYPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 37
- JOHN EDWARD MILLERSergeant · Panel 8E, Line 38
- RICHARD A MITCHELLPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 38
- TIM A NOEPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 38
- CLAE TERRY NORMANPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 38
- JAMES W PHAIRStaff Sergeant · Panel 8E, Line 39
- ROY SHARP PITTPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 39
- JACK RAY PRICEPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 39
From Suffolk
- JESSIE LEE JOHNSONSpecialist Four · May 4, 1967
- JOHN KENDRICK HUTTON JRFirst Lieutenant · August 11, 1967
- RUFUS JOHN DOWDYPrivate First Class · November 6, 1967
- MARVIN SMITHCorporal · December 17, 1967
- RONALD SCOTTSpecialist Five · June 24, 1969
- MORRIS WOODWARD PIERCE JRSpecialist Five · March 6, 1971
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.