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ARNOLD COLLINS
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 26, 1949 – December 4, 1967
Service recordArnold Collins, of New York, New York, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 4, 1967, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 33
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Unit (as recorded)
- G CO 2 BN 7 MAR 1 MARDIV
- Born
- January 26, 1949
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 4, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date December 4, 1967; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 31E, Line 33
- RAYMOND LEE CORK JRPetty Officer Third Class · December 4, 1967
- DONALD RICHARD COTECorporal · December 4, 1967
- HAROLD WARREN CUMMINGS JRPrivate First Class · December 4, 1967
- OMER PAUL DICKERSONPrivate First Class · December 4, 1967
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 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.