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JOSEPH OTIS BOOKER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 25, 1945 – October 18, 1967
Service recordJoseph Otis Booker, of Richmond, Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 18, 1967, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 33
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Tactical Wire Operations Specialist (36K)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- August 25, 1945
- Home of record
- Richmond, Virginia (Richmond (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 18, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date October 18, 1967; he was the only one lost in Binh Long Province that day. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 105 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 33
- JIMMY MAC BRASHERCaptain · September 28, 1966
- ROBERT YATES SRLance Corporal · October 17, 1967
- JOHN FREDERICK BARRLieutenant Commander · October 18, 1967
- CLAUDE CHARLES BETTYCorporal · October 18, 1967
Same unit, same day
- NATHAN JOHNSON JRCorporal · Panel 28E, Line 34
- LOUIE OCHOAPrivate First Class · Panel 28E, Line 37
From Richmond
- WALTER PRESTON GORHAMMajor · March 16, 1963
- RICHARD SHERWIN JOHNSONCaptain · January 17, 1965
- ROBERT LEE SIMON JRSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- ROBERT WILLIAM DOSSAirman First Class · April 27, 1965
- CHARLES ARTHUR JENKINSLance Corporal · June 25, 1965
- JAMES HOLMES THORNTONPrivate First Class · November 3, 1965
- SAMUEL STANLEY TOLLIVERPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- MARYLAND CHATTENPrivate · December 24, 1965
- CURTIS J MCGEEStaff Sergeant · February 28, 1966
- TERRY L HARPERSpecialist Four · March 21, 1966
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.