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BAY BENTON BOOTHE
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 7, 1939 – August 15, 1968
Service recordBay Benton Boothe, of Monaca, Pennsylvania, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 15, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 48W, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48W · Line 16
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 7, 1939
- Home of record
- Monaca, Pennsylvania (Beaver County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 15, 1968
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date August 15, 1968; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 48W, Line 16
- BRUCE WAYNE COLLINSSergeant · August 14, 1968
- HENRYK TADUESZ SULATYCKISergeant First Class · August 14, 1968
- LARRY EUGENE VANGESSELSpecialist Five · August 14, 1968
- GEORGE JOSEPH BODNARFirst Lieutenant · August 15, 1968
From Monaca
- MICHAEL PETER MARTIN JRSpecialist Four · December 12, 1963
- HOWARD DAVID STRAUSSLance Corporal · October 26, 1966
- JAMES FRANCIS TRITTPetty Officer Second Class · July 7, 1967
- PHILIP MASTRAMICOSergeant · June 27, 1969
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.