Courtesy of HonorStates.Org,

Lt. Ronald Babcock was flying one of the OH6A Loaches and his door-gunner/observer, Fred Mooney, was the scout platoon sergeant. A man in his forties, Mooney was not required to fly, but he volunteered to show the young draftees that old lifers could be as tough as they were. Skimming low over the trees, the Loach was hit by NVA fire, and Babcock radioed that they were going down. The Command and Control ship chased after the descending ship and observed the Loach crash on a dirt road. Mooney and Babcock jumped out and ran across a grassy clearing, whereupon they were cut down by North Vietnamese in the treeline. The C & C ship commander dropped to a ten foot hover and called on the radio that, from their appearance, the two were dead. They were first listed Missing In Action, but status was changed without tangible evidence to Killed/Body Not Recovered in less than a year.

Courtesy of the Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association Database,

First Lieutenant Babcock received the Purple Heart for his service.

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