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ALONZO CARLTON COLLIER
Corporal · U.S. Army
December 29, 1947 – May 25, 1968
Service recordAlonzo Carlton Collier, of Riverdale, Georgia, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 25, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 69W, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 69W · Line 2
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- December 29, 1947
- Home of record
- Riverdale, Georgia (Clayton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 25, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
89 names on the Wall carry the date May 25, 1968; five of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 236 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 69W, Line 2
- GAZZETT BEN BRUNSON JRPrivate First Class · May 25, 1968
- FRED DOUGLAS CARTER JRSpecialist Four · May 25, 1968
- NICHOLES WILLIAM CHARLESSpecialist Four · May 25, 1968
- MELVIN DALE DECOWLance Corporal · May 25, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GAZZETT BEN BRUNSON JRPrivate First Class · Panel 69W, Line 2
- KELLY FIELDSPrivate First Class · Panel 69W, Line 3
- SAMUEL W PARNELLE IIIFirst Lieutenant · Panel 67W, Line 3
- DENNIS RAY SWANTAKStaff Sergeant · Panel 67W, Line 5
From Riverdale
- THOMAS LEE BLANKSSergeant · January 4, 1970
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.