Rank and Name, Boatswain Elmer Leroy Babylon.
Unit/Placed in, USS Vincennes (CA-44) Cruiser, United States Navy.
Boatswain is the senior most rate of the deck department and is responsible for the components of a ship’s hull. The boatswain supervises the other members of the ship’s deck department, and typically is not a watch stander, except on vessels with small crews. Additional duties vary depending upon ship, crew, and circumstances.
Elmer is born approx. on 27 April 1914 in Carroll County, Maryland.
Father, Guy W. Babylon.
Mother, Sarah L. (Graham) Babylon.
Sister(s), Ruth L. and Kathleen M. Babylon.
Brother(s), Guy G. and Graham W. Babylon.
Leroy enlisted the service in Maryland with service number # 199284.
Leroy was KIA when the USS Vincennes sunk in the Battle of Savo Island, 9 Aug. 1942, he is honored with a Purple Heart, Combat Action Ribbon, Good Conduct Medal, Expeditionary Medal, American Campaign Medal, Navy & Marine Presidential Unit Citation, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.
Leroy is buried/mentioned at Manila American Cemetery and Memorial Manila, Metro Manila, National Capital Region, Philippines.
Walls of the missing.
https://www.navsource.org/archives/04/044/04044.htm
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
Family Info, https://www.familysearch.org
Info, https://www.pacificwrecks.com/
Medals Info, https://www.honorstates.org
Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com
