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WILLIAM DOUGLAS BOOTH
Captain · U.S. Army
November 13, 1941 – May 12, 1970
Service recordWilliam Douglas Booth, of Ivyland, Pennsylvania, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on May 12, 1970, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 22
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aide-De-Camp (2030)
- Unit (as recorded)
- ENGINEERING CMD
- Born
- November 13, 1941
- Home of record
- Ivyland, Pennsylvania (Bucks County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 12, 1970
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date May 12, 1970; ten of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “ENGINEERING CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 22
- PHILIP MARK BENNETTSpecialist Four · May 12, 1970
- EDWARD FRANCIS BRADY IIIStaff Sergeant · May 12, 1970
- RONALD EDWARD CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · May 12, 1970
- ROBERT CHILDRESS JRCorporal · May 12, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JOHN ALBERT B DILLARD JRMajor General · Panel 10W, Line 23
- GRIFFITH ALFRED JONESSergeant Major · Panel 10W, Line 25
From Ivyland
- GEOFFREY LAWRENCE HAMFirst Lieutenant · June 28, 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.