WWII
Korea
Charles Lester Booth
Rate / Rank
RMC
Birthdate
November 30 1921
Date of Death
July 19 1993
Branch
US Navy
Active Duty Service
October 6 1941 -
Conflicts & Campaigns
- Battle of Coral Sea
- Battle of Midway
Significant Duty Stations
- Enlisted; Spartanburg, South Carolina.
- USS Yorktown (CV-5)
Notes
Was aboard the USS Yorktown (CV-5) when it sank during the Battle of Midway, June 1943. Retired from NASA. Brother of Senior Chief Gunners Mate Carl Chalton Booth US Navy. Burial; Tired Creek Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, Grady County, Georgia.