CPT Larry Booth

Army | Combat Engineer Unit Commander

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Drafted after college. Attended Basic, AIT, Leadership Prep School, then Officer Candidate School. Commissioned 2nd Lieutenant and assigned to Army School of Engineering. Followed by 2 tours in Vietnam as Detachment CO, 444th Engineers, then Company CO, 8th Combat Engineers, 1st Cavalry Div. Return stateside as Battalion Executive Officer at Army School of Engineering. Honorable discharge.

Military Experiences

Apr 1969 - Oct 1969

Battalion Executive Officer

2nd Battalion, USAES | Army Engineer School, Ft. Belvoir, VA

Administer battalion operations

Sep 1968 - Mar 1969

Company Commander

C Co, 8th Combat Engineers, 1st Cav | Camp Evans, Vietnam

Supported 1st Cavalry operations to include clearing LZs, building fire bases, destroying mines, booby traps and tunnels.

Aug 1967 - Aug 1968

Detachment Commander

444th Engineers, 70 Engineer Btn., 1st Cavalry Div. | An Khe, Vietnam

Airfield construction unit

Dec 1966 - Jun 1967

TAC Officer

OCS | Army Engineering School, Ft. Belvoir

Trained Officer Candidates

Deployments

(1 year, 8 months)

Aug 1967 - Mar 1969

Vietnam War

Company Commander, 8th Combat Engineer Battalion, 1st Cavalry Division. Detachment Commander, 444th Engineers, 70th Engineer Battalion, 1st Cavalry Division.