Maj Joseph Philip Babin Jr. (1926-1951)

Maj Joseph Philip Babin Jr. Veteran

Birth

27 Nov 1926

Somerville, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA

Death

30 Nov 1951 (aged 25)

South Korea

Burial

Veterans Cemetery

Somerville, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA Add to Map

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MSGT JOSEPH PHILIP BABIN JR

VMF(N)-513 - MARINE NIGHT FIGHTER SQUADRON 513

1ST MARINE AIR WING

AIRCRAFT TYPE: F7F-3N

AIRCRAFT NUMBER: 80551

MARINES

HOSTILE, DIED (KIA)

DATE OF LOSS: NOVEMBER 30, 1951

SERVICE NUMBER: 556316

BORN: NOVEMBER 27, 1926

HOME OR PLACE OF ENLISTMENT

SOMERVILLE, MA

LOCATION OR BATTLE ZONE: DR1878

BURIAL LOCATION

SOMERVILLE, MA

Comments: Master Sergeant Babin was the radar observer of a F7F-3N Tigercat fighter with Marine Night Fighter Squadron 513, Marine Air Group 12, 1st Marine Air Wing. On November 30, 1951, while returning from a combat mission in bad weather, his aircraft crashed and burned near DR-1878, killing both crew members.

KOREAN WAR PROJECT KEY NO: 1051

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