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Babcock, Alford J.

Rank and Name, First Lieutenant Alford J. Babcock.

Unit/Placed in, 73rd Fighter Squadron, 318th Fighter Group.

 

Alford is born approx. on 1922 in New York.

Father, Roland C. Roy.

Mother, Julia M. Roy.

Brother(s), Richard J. Babcock.

 

Alford enlisted the service in New York with service number # 0-686715.

 

Alford was KIA during the Mission to Le Shima, Japan on 14 May 1945, he is honored with an Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, Distinguished Flying Cross, Purple Heart, Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, Army Presidential Unit Citation, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.

 

Alvord is buried/mentioned at Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu County, Hawaii U.S.A.

Courts of the missing.

 

Thanks to, http://www.historyofwar.org/air/units/USAAF/318th_Fighter_Group.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

Website,

Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com

73rd Fighter Squadron
318th Fighter Group
Republic P-47 Thunderbolt
East Field, Saipan
Pilots 73rd Fighter Squadron onboard the USS Manila Bay
Alford J. Babcock
His rank First Lieutenant
Alford left