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THOMAS ARTHUR BOOKER
Platoon Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 11, 1937 – January 9, 1968
Service recordThomas Arthur Booker, of Bessemer, Alabama, served as a Platoon Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 9, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 11
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
- Platoon Sergeant (PSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- May 11, 1937
- Home of record
- Bessemer, Alabama (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 9, 1968
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date January 9, 1968; 25 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 69 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 11
- VINCENTE RAMIREZ GONZALEZSpecialist Four · January 9, 1968
- RICHARD RAYMOND REHEStaff Sergeant · January 9, 1968
- FRED JASON SECRISTSpecialist Four · January 9, 1968
- DERRI SYKESStaff Sergeant · January 9, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROLAND BELCHERCaptain · Panel 34E, Line 4
- SISTO BOJORQUEZ BOJORQUEZPrivate · Panel 34E, Line 5
- LEE MARVIN CAPERSSergeant · Panel 34E, Line 5
- GEORGE STEPHEN SEHISergeant · Panel 34E, Line 5
- JACKY LEROY GARRETTStaff Sergeant · Panel 34E, Line 6
- HARRY LEE WATKINS JRSergeant · Panel 34E, Line 7
- TIMOTHY LAMBERTPrivate First Class · Panel 34E, Line 8
- GLENNON MARCUSSENSpecialist Four · Panel 34E, Line 8
- DOUGLAS STEVEN MCILROYCorporal · Panel 34E, Line 9
- PAUL HAROLD OLIVERPrivate First Class · Panel 34E, Line 9
- MORRIS CALVIN PICKETTPrivate First Class · Panel 34E, Line 10
- DENNIS LOUIS PRESCOTTSpecialist Four · Panel 34E, Line 10
- RICHARD RAYMOND REHEStaff Sergeant · Panel 34E, Line 11
- DERRI SYKESStaff Sergeant · Panel 34E, Line 11
- EDWARD JAMES HARRIS JRSecond Lieutenant · Panel 34E, Line 12
- MARTIN W WELESKI IIISpecialist Four · Panel 34E, Line 12
- JOHNNY WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · Panel 34E, Line 12
From Bessemer
- ROY MARVIN HITT JRSergeant · November 4, 1965
- CORDELL SPENCERSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- MACK ARTHUR WAREPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- ROBERT HENRY LAGRANDStaff Sergeant · January 29, 1966
- CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS OAKESPrivate First Class · August 25, 1966
- ELIJAH DANIEL JRStaff Sergeant · October 22, 1966
- MATTHEW WAREStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1966
- THOMAS C EVANSStaff Sergeant · May 7, 1967
- WILLIAM HORACE JOHNSON JRLance Corporal · June 12, 1967
- LOUIS COLSTON JRPrivate First Class · October 14, 1967
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.