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Nevada State Journal
Nevada State Journal
Contributed by Eileen Gillette

Description: Richard Babb Dies In War

Date: December 19 1941

Newspaper published in: Reno

Richard Perry BABB, 23, son of Mrs. Luella BELL, 354 Chestnut Place, Reno, has been killed in action, his mother was informed yesterday.
BABB, a seaman second class, presumably was killed in the Pacific War theater, but the location of his death and the ship he was on was not given.
The youth was born in Fallon but lived in Reno most of his life. He enlisted in the Navy in Feb of this year.
Surviving are his mother of Reno, father of Fallon and a sisiter Caroline CHEATHAM of San Antonio, TX,

Submitted: 05/29/08 (Edited 05/29/08)

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