WWII - KIA-BABB, Forrest
Source: 1940s obituaries collected by Rose Marie Sutherlin provided to kbz via Betty Dotson (thanks sweetie)
News from the War Department has reached the home of Mr. and Mrs. Winnie Babb, formerly of the Wallace community that their son, Pvt. Forrest Babb, was killed in action June 22 (1944) in France. They were notified
a week before that he had been missing since that date. Pvt. Babb, or "Frosty" as he was known by his schoolmates, was a graduate of Wallace HS with the class of 1942.
He enlisted in the army soon after graduation, along with his classmate and chum, Billy Grimes, Jr of the Navy. Both boys were soon sent overseas. Another classmate, Robert McClure, also enlisted in the Navy.
Pvt. Babb was active in the church and Sunday school. One of his letters, along with several others, was sent to the Wallace Christian Church for the annual homecoming and a liberal donation for the benefit of the church accompanied it.
His two brothers, both in the armed forces, Russell and Malcom, in addition to the parents, who now live in Rockford, Ill, are three sisters, Donna, Jane and Janet, all at home. - kbz