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HERBERT W BOOTH JR
Captain · U.S. Air Force
October 19, 1930 – October 15, 1962
Service recordHerbert W Booth JR, of Sarasota, Florida, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on October 15, 1962, in Darlac Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 13
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- October 19, 1930
- Home of record
- Sarasota, Florida (Sarasota County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 15, 1962
- Age
- 31
- Province
- Darlac
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date October 15, 1962; two of them were lost in Darlac Province. In October 1962, 11 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 13
- MICHAEL JOSEPH TUNNEYFirst Lieutenant · October 6, 1962
- MIGUEL ANGEL VALENTIN JRLance Corporal · October 6, 1962
- TERRY DENVER CORDELLCaptain · October 15, 1962
- RICHARD L FOXXTechnical Sergeant · October 15, 1962
From Sarasota
- WILLIAM WALTER NICKERSONCorporal · August 18, 1965
- MICHAEL CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · October 14, 1965
- KENNETH D GOLDEN JRSpecialist Four · April 3, 1966
- PRUITT HENRY CHEANEYPrivate First Class · July 24, 1966
- SAMUEL J BAKERCaptain · October 23, 1966
- LAWRENCE THOMAS NERECKCorporal · March 2, 1967
- THOMAS PETER MITCHELLCaptain · March 26, 1967
- MARLIN JAMES GOODHUESergeant First Class · July 4, 1967
- WILLIAM LINDLEY CANTERLance Corporal · July 15, 1967
- DAVID PAUL WERNETPrivate First Class · August 18, 1967
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.