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JOHN ROBERT BOOTH
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 31, 1947 – May 16, 1966
Service recordJohn Robert Booth, of Bainbridge, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 16, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 64
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- March 31, 1947
- Home of record
- Bainbridge, Pennsylvania (Lancaster County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 16, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date May 16, 1966. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 125 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 64
- JOHN CHARLES ALBERTSPrivate First Class · May 16, 1966
- LEO VERNON BEAULIEUPrivate First Class · May 16, 1966
- MICHAEL EUGENE GEARHARTPrivate First Class · May 16, 1966
- RODGER LEON TRAMMELLLance Corporal · May 16, 1966
Same unit, same day
- MARTIN FRANCIS KILLILEASpecialist Four · Panel 7E, Line 65
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.