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RONALD GREGORY BABICH
Captain · U.S. Marine Corps
March 29, 1938 – June 2, 1967
Service recordRonald Gregory Babich, of Butte, Montana, served as a Captain in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 2, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 31
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Officer (I) (0302)
- Born
- March 29, 1938
- Home of record
- Butte, Montana (Silver Bow County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 2, 1967
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date June 2, 1967; 33 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 31
- DANIEL LEWIS CARRIERCaptain · January 5, 1967
- IGNACIO BARELALance Corporal · June 2, 1967
- NORMAND LOUIS BEAULIEUCorporal · June 2, 1967
- BRUCE E BOYERSergeant First Class · June 2, 1967
From Butte
- JOSEPH E PARKER JRMajor · June 30, 1965
- DANIEL JOHN JANHUNENPrivate First Class · September 2, 1966
- RAYMOND DALE HOERNERSpecialist Four · January 10, 1967
- WESTON HENRY REECECorporal · January 13, 1967
- DENNIS WAYNE SONSTENGPrivate First Class · January 31, 1968
- ROBERT WILLIAM CAWLEYSeaman · March 14, 1968
- FLORIAN J ZAHNStaff Sergeant · May 21, 1968
- MARVIN KENT ROBERTSONPrivate First Class · June 25, 1968
- GREGORY PHILLIP HELSLEYPetty Officer Second Class · July 23, 1968
- RAYMOND GEORGE KRISKOVICHSpecialist Four · August 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.