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STEPHEN ELDON BOOTS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 3, 1943 – January 7, 1971
Service recordStephen Eldon Boots, of Des Moines, Iowa, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 7, 1971, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 30
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- July 3, 1943
- Home of record
- Des Moines, Iowa (Polk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 7, 1971
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date January 7, 1971; six of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In January 1971, 259 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 5W, Line 30
- RICK SAMUEL BROWNSergeant · January 7, 1971
- GERARD CORRIVEAUStaff Sergeant · January 7, 1971
- JAMES LARRY CRAIGSergeant · January 7, 1971
- GORDON ALIDEAN FISHPrivate First Class · January 7, 1971
Same unit, same day
- RICK SAMUEL BROWNSergeant · Panel 5W, Line 30
- GERALD WILLIAM HILLSpecialist Four · Panel 5W, Line 31
- RUSSEL COURTNEY NELSONCorporal · Panel 5W, Line 31
- RICHARD EUGENE TABORSpecialist Four · Panel 5W, Line 32
From Des Moines
- CONNIE LEROY CHANDLERSergeant · November 20, 1965
- HARRY RICHARD CRUMLEYCaptain · January 25, 1966
- WALTER BOYCE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- MARSHALL MYRON HOLT JRCaptain · March 2, 1966
- STEPHEN PAUL ALSTEDPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- DENNIS ARNOLD MAYCaptain · April 29, 1966
- WILLIAM FREDRICK FREESTONEGunnery Sergeant · July 5, 1966
- JERRY LEE LEONARDISergeant First Class · July 10, 1966
- TERRY PATRICK SLOANPetty Officer First Class · November 9, 1966
- LOREN STEVEN REEVESSpecialist Four · November 11, 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.