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Author: ELLinSpain
Surnames: BABBS
Classification: biography
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U.S. WWII Military Personnel Missing In Action or Lost At Sea, 1941-1946
Name: Marshall L Babbs
Date of Loss: 24 Oct 1944 0
Branch: U.S. Navy Reserves
Rank: SEA2
Service Number: 6348169
Status: Lost at Sea
World War II and Korean Conflict Veterans Interred Overseas
Name: Marshall L Babbs
Inducted From: Indiana
Rank: Seaman Second Class
Combat Organization: United States Navy Reserve
Death Date: 24 Oct 1944
Monument: Fort William McKinley, Manila, The Philippines
Last Known Status: Missing
U.S. Rosters of World War II Dead, 1939-1945
Name: Marshall L Babbs
Religion: No Record
Disposition: Buried at Sea by Administrative Decision
Service Branch: Navy
Rank: Seaman 2nd Class
Service Number: 6348169
1930
Melvin E Babbs 23
Frances B Babbs 23
Marshal L Babbs 4 2/12
Elaine L Babbs 3
Benton M Babbs 1 1/12
Home in 1930: New Albany, Floyd, Indiana
DADS ENLISTMENT
Name: Melvin E Babbs
Birth Year: 1906
Race: White, citizen (White)
Nativity State or Country: Indiana
State of Residence: Indiana
County or City: Floyd
Enlistment Date: 4 Apr 1944
Enlistment State: Indiana
Enlistment City: Fort Benjamin Harrison
Branch: No branch assignment
Branch Code: No branch assignment
Grade: Private
Grade Code: Private
Term of Enlistment: Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six
months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law
Component: Selectees (Enlisted Men)
Source: Civil Life
Education: Grammar school
Civil Occupation: Skilled general woodworking occupations, n.e.c.
Marital Status: Married
Name: Melvin Babbs
SSN: 309-05-6501
Last Residence: 47150 New Albany, Floyd, Indiana, United States of America
Born: 14 Nov 1906
Died: Feb 1984
State (Year) SSN issued: Indiana (Before 1951)
Name: Frances B. Babbs
SSN: 310-14-8266
Last Residence: 47150 New Albany, Floyd, Indiana, United States of America
Born: 2 Apr 1906
Died: 13 Nov 1994
State (Year) SSN issued: Indiana (Before 1951)
Name: Melvin Benton Babbs
Phone Number: 945-4829
Address: 610 W Spring St, New Albany, Indiana 47150-0701 (1993)
[1226 S 15th, Louisville, Kentucky 40210-0801 (1980)]
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