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BOOKER THOMAS WASHINGTON
Private · U.S. Marine Corps
February 13, 1948 – December 27, 1966
Service recordBooker Thomas Washington, of Jacksonville, Florida, served as a Private in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 27, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 87 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 87
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- February 13, 1948
- Home of record
- Jacksonville, Florida (Duval County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 27, 1966
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date December 27, 1966; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 87
- RODNEY DALE STATONStaff Sergeant · December 27, 1966
- JERALD D WALLACEFirst Lieutenant · December 27, 1966
- ROGER DUWAINE WHITEPrivate First Class · December 27, 1966
- ROSCOE WRIGHT JRCorporal · December 27, 1966
From Jacksonville
- LOYE THOMAS CHRISTMASPrivate First Class · January 17, 1964
- WYLEY WRIGHT JRSpecialist Five · March 9, 1964
- OTIS GORDON JRMajor · November 19, 1964
- HORACE CLEVELAND COLLINSSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- JAMES HENRY KINGSergeant First Class · October 6, 1965
- RODNEY CARSWELL HARRISPrivate First Class · November 1, 1965
- HENRY TUCKER CANNONSergeant First Class · November 8, 1965
- NATHANIEL BYRDSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- WILLIE FRANK GODBOLDTSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- ALEXANDER WILLIAMSSergeant · November 15, 1965
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.