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HARVEY WATKINS BOOKER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 14, 1941 – April 22, 1968
Service recordHarvey Watkins Booker, of New Orleans, Louisiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 22, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 51E, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51E · Line 28
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV
- Born
- September 14, 1941
- Home of record
- New Orleans, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 22, 1968
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date April 22, 1968; eight of them were lost in Long An Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV”, his unit in the record, lost 24 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 51E, Line 28
- RAY WILLIAM BERG JRSpecialist Four · April 22, 1968
- JERRY LABORN BOOKERSpecialist Four · April 22, 1968
- JACKIE ANDREW CARRANOSpecialist Four · April 22, 1968
- WILLIAM LEWIS CHIFOSStaff Sergeant · April 22, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JERRY LABORN BOOKERSpecialist Four · Panel 51E, Line 28
- ROGER ALLAN DAINSSpecialist Five · Panel 51E, Line 29
- SAMUEL MORALESSpecialist Four · Panel 51E, Line 31
- RONALD EDWARD SPROUSEPrivate First Class · Panel 51E, Line 33
- THURMAN TRACY WALLSCorporal · Panel 51E, Line 34
- DANIEL EDWARD WOLFECorporal · Panel 51E, Line 35
From New Orleans
- GEORGE EDWARD FLYNN IIICaptain · September 23, 1964
- HARRY EMILUS ROWLEYSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- EPHRON WALLACE JRSpecialist Four · October 5, 1965
- ROBERT ANGELO SOLORZANOLance Corporal · November 3, 1965
- CARL STEPHEN DANIELSPrivate First Class · November 4, 1965
- HERMAN LOUIS JEFFERSON JRSpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- EARL DUBOIS AULLSecond Lieutenant · November 17, 1965
- LAVINE JOHN BANKSSergeant · November 17, 1965
- JOHNNY WILLIAM BOUINGTONPrivate First Class · November 25, 1965
- RONALD FRANCIS RODMajor · December 4, 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.