One year before his execution while on death row, Babbitt was awarded a Purple Heart medal for the wounds he had received at the Battle of Khe Sanh, Vietnam in 1968. Babbitt refused his last meal and asked that the $50 allotted be given to homeless Vietnam veterans. (4 May 1999)
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Tuesday 6th of August 1985 (x) — Serial killer Richard Ramirez breaks into the house of 38-year-old Chris and 27-year-old Virginia Peterson and shoots them in the head and face The couple survived their injuries.