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ARLIN DARRELL COLLINS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 5, 1947 – August 28, 1968
Service recordArlin Darrell Collins, of Elsberry, Missouri, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 28, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 46W, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46W · Line 47
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- October 5, 1947
- Home of record
- Elsberry, Missouri (Lincoln County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 28, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date August 28, 1968; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 62 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 46W, Line 47
- BOYD CANFIELDCorporal · August 28, 1968
- CHARLES DON CHAMPIONCorporal · August 28, 1968
- BOBBY CECIL COVERSpecialist Four · August 28, 1968
- BRADLEY RICHARD DEGENAARSSergeant · August 28, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JIMMY LEO HARRISPrivate First Class · Panel 46W, Line 49
- JOSEPH ERNEST TAFOYAPrivate First Class · Panel 46W, Line 53
From Elsberry
- OMER PAUL DICKERSONPrivate First Class · December 4, 1967
- MICHAEL RAY HUNTERSpecialist Four · February 16, 1971
- RAY EDWIN TANNEHILLMaster Sergeant · August 12, 1972
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.