Robert Eugene Booth

Korean War
Service #16266629
UnitE CO 5 INF REGT CMBT TEAM
RankSergeant U.S. Army
Date of DeathMarch 15 1954
StatusMissing In Action
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
4
Korean Service Medal
National Defense Service Medal
Prisoner of War Medal
Purple Heart
Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation
Republic of Korea War Service Medal
United Nations Service Medal
Combat Infantryman Badge
Sergeant Booth was awarded the Purple Heart, the Combat Infantryman Badge, the Prisoner of War Medal, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Korean Presidential Unit Citation and the Republic of Korea War Service Medal.
Notes
Sergeant Booth was a member of Company E, 2nd Battalion, 5th Infantry Regimental Combat Team. He was taken Prisoner of War while fighting the enemy near Ukkalgye, South Korea on April 22, 1951 and declared dead on March 15, 1954. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.