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ALBERT COLLINS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 14, 1945 – September 3, 1966
Service recordAlbert Collins, of Atlanta, Georgia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 3, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 66
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- August 14, 1945
- Home of record
- Atlanta, Georgia (Fulton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 3, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date September 3, 1966. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 66
- ARTHUR ANTHONY FREDA JRSpecialist Four · September 3, 1966
- ELWOOD FRANKLIN NEAD JRPrivate First Class · September 3, 1966
- JOHN FRANCIS OCONNORPrivate First Class · September 3, 1966
- DOUGLAS EDWARD RAUSCHENBERGPrivate First Class · September 3, 1966
Same unit, same day
- CALVIN DOUGLAS HALFORDPrivate First Class · Panel 10E, Line 64
From Atlanta
- DAVID NIPPERLance Corporal · November 21, 1964
- JAMES ANTHONY COYAirman First Class · June 11, 1965
- JAMES THARPE BROWN JRPrivate First Class · June 25, 1965
- WESLIE DAVID MEWBORNPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- DOUGLAS HORACE LEACHSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- RONNIE THOMAS MATHISSergeant · November 17, 1965
- GEORGE S MCHELLONSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- JAMES CARL WISE JRMajor · December 23, 1965
- CLIFFORD THOMAS JOHNSONPrivate · January 29, 1966
- HARVEY LEWIS BOWEN JRPrivate First Class · February 24, 1966
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.