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Personal info

Full name
BABISH, Francis John
Date of birth
10 March 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Hometown
New York City, New York

Military service

Service number
42035446
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
K Company,
3rd Battalion,
315th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Distinguished Service Cross,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
13 January 1945
Place of death
Hatten, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
G 2 26

Immediate family

Members
Constantine M. Babish (father)
Anna Babish (mother)
Richard C. Babish (brother)
Robert W. Babish (brother)
Constance Babish (sister)
Gloria J. Babish (sister)

More information

S/Sgt Francis J. Babish attended high school for four years and was a page boy before he enlisted in New York City, New York on 1 September 1943.

He was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross posthumously for his actions from 11 to 13 January 1945.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1940 Census, Combat History 79th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - MAJ Jimmy Cotton

Photo source: www.ancestry.com - U.S. Yearbooks, Cambridge, Massachusetts