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TERRY LYLE BOOTH
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
March 2, 1950 – October 15, 1969
Service recordTerry Lyle Booth, of Clairton, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 15, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 80 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 80
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- March 2, 1950
- Home of record
- Clairton, Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 15, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date October 15, 1969; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 80
- GEORGE ROBERT ANDREWSCaptain · October 15, 1969
- BOBBY BAXLEYPrivate First Class · October 15, 1969
- EDWARD LEE BORREGOSpecialist Four · October 15, 1969
- FRANCIS P CREAMERSergeant First Class · October 15, 1969
From Clairton
- JAMES LLOYD PETTIFORDLance Corporal · September 21, 1966
- DENNIS MICHAEL WARGOLance Corporal · May 9, 1967
- WILLIAM NOEL COLEPrivate First Class · June 17, 1967
- WAYNE A PODLESNIKPrivate First Class · October 15, 1967
- ALBERT EDWIN SMITHSergeant First Class · May 9, 1968
- FREDRICK PAUL GILLENSpecialist Four · August 12, 1969
- ROBERT DOERINGSergeant · May 1, 1970
- DAVID LELAND SMITHCorporal · August 18, 1970
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.