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ARLIE RAY COLLINS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 5, 1948 – April 13, 1969
Service recordArlie Ray Collins, of Willow Springs, Missouri, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 13, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 71
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- March 5, 1948
- Home of record
- Willow Springs, Missouri (Howell County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 13, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date April 13, 1969; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 76 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 71
- HARRY PAYNE BURTONSergeant First Class · April 13, 1969
- LOUIS CASTROSergeant First Class · April 13, 1969
- IRVING S CHENOWETH IIISecond Lieutenant · April 13, 1969
- ANDERSON NEELY RENSHAW IIIFirst Lieutenant · April 13, 1969
Same unit, same day
- LOUIS CASTROSergeant First Class · Panel 27W, Line 71
- ROGER WILLIAM HOODCorporal · Panel 27W, Line 73
- MICHAEL DAVID HOWARDPrivate First Class · Panel 27W, Line 74
From Willow Springs
- ROBERT LEE WHITEMaster Sergeant · January 29, 1965
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.