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Personal info

Full name
BABELAY, Herbert Carson
Date of birth
8 March 1920
Age
25
Place of birth
Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee
Hometown
Knox County, Tennessee

Military service

Service number
20450639
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
466th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion,
17th Airborne Division
Awards
unknown

Death

Status
Died non-Battle
Date of death
14 April 1945
Place of death
Kray, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
N 13 12

Immediate family

Members
August G. Babelay (father)
Katherine E. (Denton) Babelay (mother)
Frederick V. Babelay (brother)
Louise E. Babelay (sister)
Mona E. Babelay (sister)
James D. Babelay (brother)
Ann (Johnson) Babelay (wife)

More information

T/5 Herbert C. Babelay enlisted in Knoxville, Tennessee on 24 February 1941.

One photo shows Pvt James D. Babelay at he grave of his brother Herbert on the American Military Cemetery of Margraten.

Source of information: Bjorn Meeuwsen, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.fold3.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930/1940 Census / Family Tree

Photo source: www.findagrave.com, Book: They trusted and were delivered: The French-Swiss of Knoxville, Tennessee by David Babelay / Eric S. Head - Knox County Archives