Name: Jacob Benedict Babin Jr. Rank: Specialist 4th Class Service Number: 034363528 Service Company A, 504th MP Battalion, 18th Military Police Brigade, US Army Awards: Purple Heart Date of Birth: December 15, 1949 Place of Birth: Malden, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts Marital Status: Single Religion: Roman Catholic Date of Death: Mar 26, 1971 Age: 21 Cemetery: Forest Dale Cemetery, Malden, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts Grave: Section 22, Grave 51 Remembered on Panel 4W, Line 79 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, DC Jacob ‘Jake’ Benedict Babin Jr. was the son of Jacob Benedict Babin (1924-2002) and Frances Blanche (Burke) Babin (1923-2006). Jacob’s father was born in Glenwood, Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia. His mother was born in Everett, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Jacob Benedict Babin’s tour in Vietnam began on February 6, 1970. He was killed by small arms fire (hostile; ground casualty) in South Vietnam on March 26, 1971. It occurred during an ambush by North Vietnamese Army (NVA) regulars during combat operations, north of Hue, near Dong Ha, Quảng Trị. Military Police were conducting convoy escorts from Vietnam, into Cambodia and Laos - along the DMZ border of North Vietnam. Jake had voluntarily extended his combat tour of duty past the required one year, and was killed in action, according to his family, with only 11 days left to go in his last tour. His body was recovered from Vietnam and his remains were repatriated to the US. He is interred at the Forest Dale Cemetery in Malden, Mass, US. He is remembered on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, at the National Mall in Washington, DC. Camp Babin in Phu Bai Vietnam was named in his honor.

Jacob Benedict Babin Jr.

Sources: findagrave Vietnam Memorial The Wall of Faces by the Vietnam War Memorial Fund (background photo: Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall)