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LAWRENCE JOSEPH BABYAK
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
September 24, 1945 – November 29, 1969
Service recordLawrence Joseph Babyak, of Van Nuys, California, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on November 29, 1969, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 2
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
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 24, 1945
- Home of record
- Van Nuys, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 29, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date November 29, 1969; seven of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 74 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 2
- DELVIN CARL MARTINSONCorporal · November 28, 1969
- NATHANIEL SCOTTPrivate First Class · November 28, 1969
- RONALD LEE SPENCELance Corporal · November 28, 1969
- JOHNNY LEON YOUNGSpecialist Four · November 28, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DENNIS DEAN BOGLEWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 15W, Line 3
- DENNIS WAYNE HOLTORFPrivate First Class · Panel 15W, Line 4
- JACK DALE KNEPPChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 15W, Line 5
- KENNETH ALAN LUSEWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 15W, Line 6
From Van Nuys
- ROBERT LESTER VANGIESONPrivate First Class · March 12, 1967
- ROBERT LYNN MARGOLISPrivate First Class · May 8, 1967
- HENRY GARFIELD HAMPTONPrivate First Class · May 14, 1967
- JOHN ROBERT HILLSpecialist Four · June 19, 1967
- MICHAEL JAMES TOMLINSONLance Corporal · September 11, 1967
- BRUCE TORTORICISergeant · April 5, 1968
- LAWRENCE JESSE ENGLANDERSergeant First Class · May 2, 1968
- D LANCE MCDONALDPrivate First Class · September 16, 1968
- NORMAN NORTHRO CUNNINGHAMMajor · September 24, 1968
- JOHN RODNEY NOBLECorporal · October 10, 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.