THE WALL OF FACES

Thank you for your service to our country so long ago sir. While all deaths in Vietnam are tragic that you were the only child of your parents is especially so. May you rest in eternal peace.

Terry's parents John and Audrey Booth were members of Elizabeth Baptist Church and befriended and encouraged us when we came to faith in Christ and joined the church in 1966. Lillie and I never met Terry but have fond memories of his parents and were broken-hearted as we shared in a small measure the grief they experienced. He was their only child. They have both since gone to be with the lover of their souls.

Private First Class Terry Lyle Booth, Served with Company M, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, Third Marine Amphibious Force.

DEAR PFC BOOTH,
THANKS FOR YOUR SERVICE AS A RIFLEMAN. SEMPER FI. TODAY IS THE 42ND ANNIVERSARY OF THE FALL OF SAIGON. I AM SO SORRY. IT HAS BEEN FAR TOO LONG FOR ALL OF YOU TO HAVE BEEN GONE. WE APPRECIATE ALL YOU HAVE DONE, AND YOUR SACRIFICE. WATCH OVER THE U.S.A., IT STILL NEEDS YOUR COURAGE. GOD BLESS YOU. MAY THE ANGELS BE AT YOUR SIDE. REST IN PEACE. YOU ARE ALL IN OUR PRAYERS.

PFC Terry L. Booth was a rifleman assigned to M Company, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines, 1st Marine Division. On October 15, 1969, he was killed while acting as point man when he tripped a booby-trapped 155mm artillery round while his unit was patrolling an area three miles southwest of Liberty Bridge. The following is a personal account of the incident: PFC Booth was the one who I took over as point man in the Phu Nauns. Our whole company had just walked a dike and settled in a perimeter digging holes when we were sent out on a squad-sized patrol over that same dike not an hour later. Somebody rigged it up (the booby trap). PFC Booth died, three were WIAE, two WIA. The three WIAE's we never heard from after that. Didn't find out if anyone died, but it sure looked bad. I was the 7th man back. PFC Booth had spent the prior two days telling me how to walk point and what to look for. That's when they told me I was the new point man. (Narrative by Tom Wityak) [Taken from combatwife.net]