SPC US Army
1st Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), out of Fort Campbell, KY
He was an infantryman. This was his second tour of duty in Iraq and he had been scheduled to leave in May, but had his tour of duty extended. It is believed that three Humvees were manning a checkpoint by a Euphrates River canal south of Baghdad when they came under fire from many directions. Two Humvees went after the assailants, but the third was ambushed before it could move. Seven masked gunmen, including one carrying what was described as a heavy machine gun, killed Babineau who was the driver of the third vehicle, and then took the two other U.S. soldiers captive. The military said that soldiers at a nearby checkpoint heard small-arms fire and explosions during the attack at 7:15 p.m., and a quick-reaction force reached the scene within 15 minutes. The force found Babineau but no signs of the other two. The two soldiers bodies were found on a street near a power plant in the town of Youssifiyah, just south of Baghdad on June 19.
He was survived by his wife; two sons, ages 2 and 4; and a step-daughter, age 8.
1st Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), out of Fort Campbell, KY
He was an infantryman. This was his second tour of duty in Iraq and he had been scheduled to leave in May, but had his tour of duty extended. It is believed that three Humvees were manning a checkpoint by a Euphrates River canal south of Baghdad when they came under fire from many directions. Two Humvees went after the assailants, but the third was ambushed before it could move. Seven masked gunmen, including one carrying what was described as a heavy machine gun, killed Babineau who was the driver of the third vehicle, and then took the two other U.S. soldiers captive. The military said that soldiers at a nearby checkpoint heard small-arms fire and explosions during the attack at 7:15 p.m., and a quick-reaction force reached the scene within 15 minutes. The force found Babineau but no signs of the other two. The two soldiers bodies were found on a street near a power plant in the town of Youssifiyah, just south of Baghdad on June 19.
He was survived by his wife; two sons, ages 2 and 4; and a step-daughter, age 8.
SPC US Army
1st Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), out of Fort Campbell, KY
He was an infantryman. This was his second tour of duty in Iraq and he had been scheduled to leave in May, but had his tour of duty extended. It is believed that three Humvees were manning a checkpoint by a Euphrates River canal south of Baghdad when they came under fire from many directions. Two Humvees went after the assailants, but the third was ambushed before it could move. Seven masked gunmen, including one carrying what was described as a heavy machine gun, killed Babineau who was the driver of the third vehicle, and then took the two other U.S. soldiers captive. The military said that soldiers at a nearby checkpoint heard small-arms fire and explosions during the attack at 7:15 p.m., and a quick-reaction force reached the scene within 15 minutes. The force found Babineau but no signs of the other two. The two soldiers bodies were found on a street near a power plant in the town of Youssifiyah, just south of Baghdad on June 19.
He was survived by his wife; two sons, ages 2 and 4; and a step-daughter, age 8.
1st Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), out of Fort Campbell, KY
He was an infantryman. This was his second tour of duty in Iraq and he had been scheduled to leave in May, but had his tour of duty extended. It is believed that three Humvees were manning a checkpoint by a Euphrates River canal south of Baghdad when they came under fire from many directions. Two Humvees went after the assailants, but the third was ambushed before it could move. Seven masked gunmen, including one carrying what was described as a heavy machine gun, killed Babineau who was the driver of the third vehicle, and then took the two other U.S. soldiers captive. The military said that soldiers at a nearby checkpoint heard small-arms fire and explosions during the attack at 7:15 p.m., and a quick-reaction force reached the scene within 15 minutes. The force found Babineau but no signs of the other two. The two soldiers bodies were found on a street near a power plant in the town of Youssifiyah, just south of Baghdad on June 19.
He was survived by his wife; two sons, ages 2 and 4; and a step-daughter, age 8.
