Lyle Babbitt:
CLASS OF 1958
Coeur d' Alene High SchoolClass of 1958
Coeur d' alene, ID
Elizabethtown Community CollegeClass of 1990
Elizabethtown, KY
North Idaho CollegeClass of 1970
Coeur d' alene, ID
North Idaho CollegeClass of 1970
Coeur d' alene, ID
Lyle's Story
Life
I retired from the Military in 1988. I went to school for a couple of years and studied Data Processing. I worked as a programmer for Kentucky Lottery for 12 years. I retired from there in March of 2004. I live in Meade County, Kentucky near Ft. Knox. I have a wife and 3 grown children. At this point, I have 1 grandchild.
School
Graduated from the 8th Grade at East Hayden Lake School in 1953. Ruth Nelson and I were the last 8th Grade graduates of that school. That was the last year that the school was open.
College
Graduated from North Idaho Junior College in 1970 with Associate Degree.
Graduated from Elizabethtown Community College, (Kentucky) in 1990 with Associate Degree.
Workplace
Spent most of...Expand for more
my adult life in the Military. Got out from 1963-1965 and worked at Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard. Got out in 1968-1970 and worked at the smelter in Anaconda, Montana. Since retiring from the military, The place that I've worked the longest was the Kentucky Lottery Corporation, (12 years). Retired March 2004.
Military
Started out as Navy Hospital Corpsman in 1959. Spent most of my Navy time attached to the Marine Corps. Joined Army in 1970 and retired from Army in 1988.
Combat tours, (All in Viet Nam):
1965-66 3rd Tank Bn., 3rd Marine Div FMF(Forward)
1967 Det. B, VAH4 aboard USS Hancock
1971-72 1/502 Infantry, 101st Airborne Div.(1st half of tour) and MACV Team 15, Dien Ban District, (2nd half of tour).
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