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RONALD CHARLES BOOTHE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 26, 1950 – May 28, 1969
Service recordRonald Charles Boothe, of Geneva, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 28, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 5
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- General Vehicle Repairman (63C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- December 26, 1950
- Home of record
- Geneva, New York (Ontario County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 28, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date May 28, 1969; three of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 34 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 5
- ROBERT CLYDE YATESCorporal · May 27, 1969
- DENNIS LEE BABCOCKPrivate · May 28, 1969
- FLOYD EDWARD BARBERSpecialist Four · May 28, 1969
- DUDLEY JAMES BENEFIEL JRFirst Sergeant · May 28, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM JOHN THORNHILLPrivate · Panel 23W, Line 12
From Geneva
- STEVEN BLAINE RICCIONECorporal · September 27, 1967
- KENNETH JAMES HELSTROMCorporal · November 7, 1967
- CHARLES EDGAR WUERTENBERGERCaptain · January 17, 1968
- JOHN BIGELOW MOORESecond Lieutenant · December 21, 1968
- ROBERT DONALD SHERADINPrivate First Class · December 27, 1969
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.