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RICHARD CLARK BABB JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 24, 1951 – January 1, 1970
Service recordRichard Clark Babb JR, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 1, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 113 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 113
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- January 24, 1951
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 1, 1970
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date January 1, 1970; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 37 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 113
- TERRY BRUCE LUNDLance Corporal · December 31, 1969
- GOLGUIS COLON-RODRIGUEZPrivate First Class · January 1, 1970
- THOMAS JOHN CROSSSpecialist Four · January 1, 1970
- CHARLES FAIRCHILD GODFREYSpecialist Four · January 1, 1970
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 1965
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.