S/Sgt. Arthur Lee Babcock

Parents: William H. & Bird Babcock

Siblings: Sgt. William B. Babcock, Vera, Kenneth, Albert

Hometown:

    - 615 North Eighth Avenue - Maywood, Illinois

Education:

    - Lincoln Grade School

    - Proviso Township High School

         Class of 1939

Inducted:

    - 3 July 1942 - Chicago, Illinois

        - U. S. Army

Training: 

    - West Palm Beach, Florida

    - San Antonio, Texas

    - Laredo, Texas

    - Lowery Field, Texas

    - Muroc Field, California

        - waist gunner

Unit: 372nd Bomb Squadron, 307th Bombardment Group (Heavy), 13th Air Force

Engagements:

    - Battle of the Leyte

Killed in Action:

    - 2 December 1944

        - his plane collided with another plane on mission

        - all the members of both crews were killed

Buried:

    - American Military Cemetery - Manila, Philippine Islands

        - Plot:  F   Row:  1   Grave:  48

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