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WALTER CLAY BOOTH
Captain · U.S. Air Force
September 18, 1939 – March 26, 1969
Service recordWalter Clay Booth, of Waukesha, Wisconsin, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on March 26, 1969, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 43
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Born
- September 18, 1939
- Home of record
- Waukesha, Wisconsin (Waukesha County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 26, 1969
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
71 names on the Wall carry the date March 26, 1969; 12 of them were lost in Khanh Hoa Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 43
- JESSE CARL BOWMANTechnical Sergeant · March 26, 1969
- OWEN DAVIS BROWN JRSpecialist Four · March 26, 1969
- JOHN RICHARD BUSCHMANNMajor · March 26, 1969
- EDDY RAY CASEYPrivate · March 26, 1969
From Waukesha
- JAMES PETER HARTEAUPrivate First Class · April 6, 1966
- DONALD GLEN DINGELDEINPrivate First Class · September 14, 1966
- DAVID JOSEPH FRISCHMANNLance Corporal · February 1, 1967
- OTTO ROBERT ENSSLINCorporal · April 22, 1967
- JOHN D MORRISStaff Sergeant · December 25, 1967
- ROBERT LEE WEEDENLance Corporal · May 2, 1968
- AARON LEE WOODPrivate First Class · May 17, 1968
- DENNIS LEE MCCORMICKPrivate First Class · August 19, 1968
- CORNELIS A VANDERSTERRENCorporal · September 13, 1968
- JOHN ROBERT POFFCorporal · February 3, 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.