- SURNAME
Boothe
- FORENAME
Joe
- UNIT
505 Parachute Infantry Regiment (Company H)
- RANK
Private
- NUMBER
38053069
- DATE OF DEATH
11th July 1943
- AGE
24
- GRAVESITE
Oak Dale Cemetery, Daisetta, Texas, USA
- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
from Liberty County, Texas
born 24.05.1919 Hardin, Liberty, Texas, USA
father John Wesley Boothe (1879-1949)
mother Joanna (nee Jones) Boothe (1884-1967)
4 years high school
educated Hull Daisetta High School
single without dependents upon enlistment
16.10.1940 draft card Daisetta, Texas
28.02.1941 entered service Houston, Texas
12.1942 volunteered Parachute Regt.
KIA Biazzo Ridge, Sicily
DATE OF DEATH:
11-Jul-1943AWARD:
https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?threads/boothe-joe.60377/CITATION:
Silver Star : The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress July 9, 1918, takes pride in presenting the Silver Star (Posthumously) to Private First Class Joe Boothe (ASN: 38053069), United States Army, for gallantry in action while serving with Company H, 3d Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82d Airborne Division, in action on 10 July 1943, five miles west of ****, Sicily. Private First Class Boothe placed his rocket launcher in a position of vantage well in advance of his own forces. Although exposed to heavy enemy fire and regardless of the ineffectiveness of his own rocket fire, Private First Class Boothe held his position and continued to operate his launcher against a Mark *** ***** tank until the tank, at a distance of fifty feet, fired its main 88-mm. turret gun and killed him. His gallant actions and dedicated devotion to duty, without regard for his own life, were in keeping with the highest traditions of military service and reflect great credit upon himself and the United States Army.
WEB LINKS:
• https://valor.militarytimes.com/hero/90320FINDAGRAVE:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/35572791/joe-boothe
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