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MARK ALBERT BABSON JR
Captain · U.S. Army
March 17, 1946 – October 14, 1969
Service recordMark Albert Babson JR, of Murfreesboro, Tennessee, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on October 14, 1969, in Tuyen Duc Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 79 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · 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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Fixed Wing Aviation Unit Commander (1980)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- March 17, 1946
- Home of record
- Murfreesboro, Tennessee (Rutherford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 14, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Tuyen Duc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date October 14, 1969; he was the only one lost in Tuyen Duc Province that day. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 79
- JACKIE LEE SWINKPrivate First Class · October 14, 1969
- DONALD HERMON TROTTPrivate First Class · October 14, 1969
- DONALD RAY WASHINGTONFireman · October 14, 1969
- GLENN WASHINGTONSpecialist Four · October 14, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES TERRY SAVAGESergeant · Panel 17W, Line 78
From Murfreesboro
- GEORGE WILLIAM BURKHEARTFirst Lieutenant · September 3, 1965
- ROBERT OLIVER GARANTCorporal · July 29, 1966
- LARRY DON EARLSFirst Lieutenant · January 2, 1967
- JOE RAYMOND FULGHUM JRCaptain · February 2, 1967
- ROBERT RAY BOYDCaptain · May 17, 1967
- RONALD JOHN ENSLEY JRPrivate First Class · November 3, 1967
- RICHARD EDWARD WADEStaff Sergeant · November 4, 1967
- EUGENE MERRILL WOODSONSergeant · August 8, 1968
- GEORGE D OSBORNESergeant · October 4, 1968
- JAMES TIMOTHY LUSCINSKICaptain · October 8, 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.