Sgt Brock Alan Babb
Born: August 13, 1966
Died: October 15, 2006 in Al Anbar, Iraq
Sgt. Brock A. Babb of Evansville, Indiana was only 5-feet-6, but the core of his muscular body was built like a tree stump. His fiery red hair stood out in a crowd, and he spoke with a straight face in short, direct sentences. There are two ways to live life, the Babb way or the wrong way. The Babb way meant honoring your country, backing your Marine brothers and loving your family. Brock himself never stopped living the Babb way, and that later brought him back to Iraq at the age of 40. He left the Marines after the first Iraq war and settled comfortably into his life as a sheet metal worker and volunteer coach for his children. But after the September 11, 2001, terrorists attacks, the itch to return to Iraq began to burn. He felt he couldn’t sit on the sidelines and see Marines fighting without him getting back in the fight. He was ready for action, having dropped about 30 pounds. He is survived by his wife, Barbara, and three children among others. He was killed at age 40 while conducting combat operations against enemy forces in Fallujah, Iraq.
Marine
Forces Reserve
3rd Battalion
24th Marines
4th Marine Division
Terre Haute, Indiana
Burial is at Saint Joseph Catholic Cemetery in Evansville, Indiana
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