Ronald Lester Babcock
First Lieutenant, U.S. Army
7th Squadron, 1st Cavaltry Division
Entered the Service From: Tuscon, Arizona
Date of Birth: October 08, 1945
Date of Death: February 27, 1971
Wars or Conflicts: Vietnam War
Memorialized: Courts of the Missing: Court B
Honolulu Memorial
National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific
First Lieutenant Babcock was a member of Troop B, 7th Squadron, 1st Cavalry Division.
On February 27, 1971, he was the pilot of a Hughes Loach Observation Helicopter (OH-6A) over Laos when the aircraft was shot down. The pilot and observer escaped the plane but ran into the enemy and were killed. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial. **
∼Rank/Branch: O3/US Army
Unit: Troop B, 7th Squadron, 1st Cavalry, 223rd Aviation Battalion
Country of Loss, Laos
Loss Coordinates, 162753N 1063121E
On 27 Feb 71, Bravo Troop, 7th Squadron, 1st Cavalry, was tasked with providing hunter-killer teams support when they took heavy fire. SFC Fred Mooney as observer/gunner was also lost in this incident.
Killed In Action /Body Not Recovered
∼
1LT U.S. Army
KIA - Remains not recovered
B TRP, 7TH SQDN, 1ST CAVALRY, 1 AVN BDE
Lt Babcock's name is located on the Wall at Panel 04W Line 008
First Lieutenant, U.S. Army
7th Squadron, 1st Cavaltry Division
Entered the Service From: Tuscon, Arizona
Date of Birth: October 08, 1945
Date of Death: February 27, 1971
Wars or Conflicts: Vietnam War
Memorialized: Courts of the Missing: Court B
Honolulu Memorial
National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific
First Lieutenant Babcock was a member of Troop B, 7th Squadron, 1st Cavalry Division.
On February 27, 1971, he was the pilot of a Hughes Loach Observation Helicopter (OH-6A) over Laos when the aircraft was shot down. The pilot and observer escaped the plane but ran into the enemy and were killed. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial. **
∼Rank/Branch: O3/US Army
Unit: Troop B, 7th Squadron, 1st Cavalry, 223rd Aviation Battalion
Country of Loss, Laos
Loss Coordinates, 162753N 1063121E
On 27 Feb 71, Bravo Troop, 7th Squadron, 1st Cavalry, was tasked with providing hunter-killer teams support when they took heavy fire. SFC Fred Mooney as observer/gunner was also lost in this incident.
Killed In Action /Body Not Recovered
∼
1LT U.S. Army
KIA - Remains not recovered
B TRP, 7TH SQDN, 1ST CAVALRY, 1 AVN BDE
Lt Babcock's name is located on the Wall at Panel 04W Line 008
Ronald Lester Babcock
First Lieutenant, U.S. Army
7th Squadron, 1st Cavaltry Division
Entered the Service From: Tuscon, Arizona
Date of Birth: October 08, 1945
Date of Death: February 27, 1971
Wars or Conflicts: Vietnam War
Memorialized: Courts of the Missing: Court B
Honolulu Memorial
National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific
First Lieutenant Babcock was a member of Troop B, 7th Squadron, 1st Cavalry Division.
On February 27, 1971, he was the pilot of a Hughes Loach Observation Helicopter (OH-6A) over Laos when the aircraft was shot down. The pilot and observer escaped the plane but ran into the enemy and were killed. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial. **
∼Rank/Branch: O3/US Army
Unit: Troop B, 7th Squadron, 1st Cavalry, 223rd Aviation Battalion
Country of Loss, Laos
Loss Coordinates, 162753N 1063121E
On 27 Feb 71, Bravo Troop, 7th Squadron, 1st Cavalry, was tasked with providing hunter-killer teams support when they took heavy fire. SFC Fred Mooney as observer/gunner was also lost in this incident.
Killed In Action /Body Not Recovered
∼
1LT U.S. Army
KIA - Remains not recovered
B TRP, 7TH SQDN, 1ST CAVALRY, 1 AVN BDE
Lt Babcock's name is located on the Wall at Panel 04W Line 008
First Lieutenant, U.S. Army
7th Squadron, 1st Cavaltry Division
Entered the Service From: Tuscon, Arizona
Date of Birth: October 08, 1945
Date of Death: February 27, 1971
Wars or Conflicts: Vietnam War
Memorialized: Courts of the Missing: Court B
Honolulu Memorial
National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific
First Lieutenant Babcock was a member of Troop B, 7th Squadron, 1st Cavalry Division.
On February 27, 1971, he was the pilot of a Hughes Loach Observation Helicopter (OH-6A) over Laos when the aircraft was shot down. The pilot and observer escaped the plane but ran into the enemy and were killed. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial. **
∼Rank/Branch: O3/US Army
Unit: Troop B, 7th Squadron, 1st Cavalry, 223rd Aviation Battalion
Country of Loss, Laos
Loss Coordinates, 162753N 1063121E
On 27 Feb 71, Bravo Troop, 7th Squadron, 1st Cavalry, was tasked with providing hunter-killer teams support when they took heavy fire. SFC Fred Mooney as observer/gunner was also lost in this incident.
Killed In Action /Body Not Recovered
∼
1LT U.S. Army
KIA - Remains not recovered
B TRP, 7TH SQDN, 1ST CAVALRY, 1 AVN BDE
Lt Babcock's name is located on the Wall at Panel 04W Line 008
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