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THOMAS DALTON BABIN JR
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
October 7, 1942 – January 4, 1968
Service recordThomas Dalton Babin JR, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 4, 1968, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 33E, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33E · Line 34
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Fixed Wing Aviation Unit Commander (1980)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 74 AVN CO 210 AVN BN 12 AVN GRP 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- October 7, 1942
- Home of record
- Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 4, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date January 4, 1968; two of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 33E, Line 34
- FRED EUGENE ANDREWSPrivate First Class · January 4, 1968
- REGINALD WUNG YETT CHUNPrivate First Class · January 4, 1968
- DAVID MICHAEL CLAVIERSpecialist Four · January 4, 1968
- COY G STAYTONStaff Sergeant · January 4, 1968
From Baton Rouge
- THOMAS MOOREChief Master Sergeant · October 31, 1965
- GEORGE CARLTON MCCLEARYColonel · November 5, 1965
- LARRY NELSONSpecialist Four · January 19, 1966
- PHILLIP HEASE HOLMES JRMajor · June 8, 1966
- WALTER LOUIS WELLSSpecialist Four · September 22, 1966
- CARROLL GENE HOGEMANCaptain · November 26, 1966
- WILLIE GRANT JRSpecialist Four · March 21, 1967
- LEROY JOHN OLIVER KLINGPrivate First Class · November 17, 1967
- WILLIAM BRIAN HAYSCorporal · November 30, 1967
- EMILE COLEStaff Sergeant · January 14, 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.