Babcock, John Benjamin

Rank and Name, Private First Class John Benjamin Babcock.

Unit/Placed in, , 160^th infantry regiment, 40^th Infantry Division “Sunshine”.

John is born approx. on 1912 in Brutus, Michigan.

Parents and Siblings, No Record Available.

John enlisted the service in Michigan with service number # 36180590.

John was KIA somewhere near Bacolod, Negros Island in the fights with the Japanese Army on 13 April 1945, he is honored with a Purple Heart, Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, Army Presidential Unit Citation, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.

John is buried/mentioned at Manila American Cemetery and Memorial Manila, Metro Manila, National Capital Region, Philippines.

Thanks to,

Jean Louis Vijgen, WW2-Pacific Website.

Air Force Info, Rolland Swank.

ABMC Website, https://abmc.gov

Marines Info, https://missingmarines.com/ Geoffrey Roecker

Seabees History Bob Smith https://seabeehf.org/

Navy Info, http://navylog.navymemorial.org

POW Info, http://www.mansell.com Dwight Rider and Wes injerd.

Philippine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/ Robert Capistrano

National Historian

Navy Seal Memorial, http://www.navysealmemorials.com