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Babig, Joseph William

Rank and Name, Torpedoman’s Mate First Class Joseph William Babig.

Unit/Placed in, USS Shark (SS-314) Submarine, United States Navy.

 

Joseph is born approx. on 17 April 1921.

Parents and Siblings, No Record Available.

 

Joseph enlisted the service in New York with service number # 2245636.

 

Joseph was KIA when the USS Shark (probably) was sunk by Depth Charges (South China Sea) on 24 Oct. 1944, he is honored with a Purple Heart, Combat Action Ribbon, Good Conduct Medal, Expeditionary Medal, American Campaign Medal, Navy & Marine Presidential Unit Citation, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.

 

Joseph is buried/mentioned at Manila American Cemetery and Memorial Manila, Metro Manila, National Capital Region, Philippines.

Walls of the missing.

 

Thanks to, http://www.oneternalpatrol.com/babig-j-w.htm

http://www.navsource.org/archives/08/08314.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

USS Shark (SS-314) Submarine
USS Shark (SS-314) Crew
Battleflag
Japanese_destroyer_Harukaze
Location
His rank Torpedoman's Mate First Class
One Patrol Coin
USS Shark Memorial