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LAWRENCE KENNETH (BUD) BABCOCK
February 19, 1922 ~ February 28, 2019
Lawrence was born and raised in Ryegate, Montana. On March 31, 1942, he married Mary Louise "Marylu" Carmin in Missoula, Montana. They moved to Seattle, Washington, where he worked as a carpenter until inducted into the US Army on March 12, 1943, and was sent overseas in WWII with the 398th Engineer Regiment as a combat engineer. He fought on the European front in many battles including the Battle of the Bulge. He was honorably discharged as a Technician Fifth Grade at Fort Douglas, Utah in September 1945.
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