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- U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946
Name: John F Babbitt
Birth Year: 1919
Race: White, citizen (White)
Nativity State or Country: Rhode Island
State of Residence: Massachusetts
County or City: Bristol
Enlistment Date: 18 Dec 1942
Enlistment State: Rhode Island
Enlistment City: Providence
Branch: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA
Grade: Private
Term of Enlistment: Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law
Component: Selectees (Enlisted Men)
Source: Civil Life
Education: 2 years of high school
Civil Occupation: Semiskilled occupations in mechanical treatment of metals (rolling, stamping, forging, pressing, etc.), n.e.c.
Marital Status: Married
Height: 67
Weight: 125
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Providence Journal (RI)
June 6, 1992
John F. Babbitt Sr., 72, of Bear Hill Road, a toolmaker for 40 years before retiring in 1986, died yesterday at the Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island. He was the husband of Jeannette B. (LeTellier) Babbitt.
Born in Cumberland, he was a son of the late Charles Babbitt II and Mildred (Russell) Babbitt.
Mr. Babbitt also was employed at the Prata Funeral Home in Pawtucket for the last five years. He was an Army veteran of World War II. He was a member of St. Patrick's & St. Aidan's Senior Citizens.
Besides his wife he leaves two daughters, Janice Renehan of Cranston and Patricia Girard of Littleton, N.H.; two sons, John F. Babbitt Jr. of Cranston and James Babbitt of Pawtucket; two brothers, William Babbitt of Gary, Ind., and Francis Babbitt of Johnston; two sisters, Patricia Heinzer of California and Mildred Chadwick of Pawtucket, and 10 grandchildren.
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