A Soldier's Story: Private First Class James Harvey Booth

 

Private First Class James Harvey Booth was born in Nanaimo, Canada, on February 6, 1895.    His family, originally from Virginia, returned to the Roanoke area during his early years.

He returned to the West, working as a chauffeur at the Guarantee Tire Company in Salt Lake City, Utah, before enlisting in the US Army in 1917. Private First Class Booth was assigned to the 8th Coastal Artillery as the company cook.  He served at Fort McArthur, California, until the end of World War I and then transferred to Fort Bayard, New Mexico, as a cook for the post hospital.

After his service, Private First Class James Harvey Booth returned to Roanoke, Virginia, working as a laborer.  He would eventually return to Fort Bayard, New Mexico, where he died on January 21, 1932.  

He rests at the Old Lick Cemetery in Roanoke, Virginia.

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