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Personal info

Full name
BABCOCK, Richard A
Date of birth
8 September 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Johnstown, Barry County, Michigan
Hometown
Battle Creek, Calhoun County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
36453403
Rank
Corporal
Function
Light Machine Gunner
Unit
K Company,
3rd Battalion,
317th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
29 November 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Farébersviller, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
K 37 30

Immediate family

Members
Roy W. Babcock (father)
Luella (Talmadge) Babcock (mother)
Leah M. Babcock (sister)
Walter Babcock (brother)
Hugh L. Babcock (brother)
Howard R. Babcock (brother)
Mildred I. Babcock (sister)
Betty L. Babcock (sister)
Evelyn Babcock (sister)
Margary Babcock (sister)
Gordon Babcock (brother)
Jean M. (Garity) Babcock (wife)

More information

Cpl Richard A. Babcock attended high school for one year and worked in a machine shop before he enlisted in Kalamazoo, Michigan on 19 February 1943. He was sent overseas in November 1944.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com –1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / Michigan Marriage Records, www.80thdivision.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Larry K, www.newspapers.com - Battle Creek Enquirer