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GARY PRESTON BOOTH
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 11, 1950 – December 23, 1970
Service recordGary Preston Booth, of Olympia, Washington, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 23, 1970, offshore, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 1
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. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- U/A Airplane Repairman (67C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- April 11, 1950
- Home of record
- Olympia, Washington (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 23, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Offshore
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date December 23, 1970. In December 1970, 271 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 5W, Line 1
- FINLEY AUSTIN RICECorporal · December 22, 1970
- DAVID NAYLOR STEGERLance Corporal · December 22, 1970
- DENNIS NICK VATISTASPrivate First Class · December 22, 1970
- WILLIAM NELSON BULTHUISSergeant · December 23, 1970
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL WILLIAM MCANDREWSWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 5W, Line 2
- BAIN WENDELL WISEMAN JRWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 5W, Line 4
From Olympia
- DARRELL THOMAS RAYPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
- WILFRED C JOHNSON JRPrivate First Class · September 5, 1966
- KENNETH MILES CROUTPrivate First Class · April 7, 1967
- EDWARD WILLIAM WELLSWarrant Officer 1 · April 23, 1967
- EDWARD ORVILLE BILSIEStaff Sergeant · November 30, 1967
- ROBERT ERIC LOCHRIDGESergeant · January 30, 1968
- KENNETH R WILLIAMS JRCorporal · March 9, 1968
- GARY LEIGH MACKSergeant · April 29, 1968
- CHARLES JAMES WHYTESergeant · May 28, 1968
- ANTHONY JOSEPH PEARSONCaptain · October 21, 1968
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.