Babcock, James W. – ww2 Pacific

Rank and Name, Staff Sergeant James W. Babcock.

Unit/Placed in, 877th Bomber Squadron, 499th Bomber Group, Very Heavy.

James is born approx. on 28 Feb. 1921 in Denver, Colorado.

Father, Guy L. Babcock.

Mother, Luella E. (Miller) Babcock.

Sister(s), Jeanne W. Elnah M. and Barbara L. Babcock.

Brother(s), Guy L. Babcock Jr.

James enlisted the service in California with service number # 6583502.

James‘s Crew-members and their position on-board the plane a B-29 were,

Captain Victor E Fiala Pilot

2^nd Lt. Stanley E Shimanek Co-Pilot

2^nd Lt. Eugene A Lewis Navigator

2^nd Lt. Edward C Kuchenbecker Bombardier

1^st Lt. Joseph R O’Grady Flight Engineer

SSgt. Jack O Goroeoff Radio Operator

SSgt. James W Babcock Central Fire Control/Left Gunner

Sgt. Keith A Matthew Right Gunner

Sgt. Edward A Hill Radar Operator

Sgt. Herbert O Stoecker Top Gunner

Corporal Frederick H Converse Tail Gunner

James was KIA when over the Target the plane had a lot of Operational Difficulties, so they ditched it on the way back in sea on 9 Jan. 1945, he is honored with an Air Medal, Purple Heart, Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, Army Presidential Unit Citation, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.

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

Courts of the missing.

He also has a Memorial Grave at Glen Haven Memorial Park, Sylmar, Los Angeles County, California, USA.

Thanks to, http://www.historyofwar.org/air/units/USAAF/499th_Bombardment_Group.html

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