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BILLY G COLLINS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 25, 1938 – January 14, 1968
Service recordBilly G Collins, of Phoenix, Arizona, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 14, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 48
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- December 25, 1938
- Home of record
- Phoenix, Arizona (Maricopa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 14, 1968
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date January 14, 1968; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 22 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 48
- DOUGLAS E GOOGINS JRPrivate First Class · January 14, 1968
- NOLAN DONALD HABERMANPrivate First Class · January 14, 1968
- CHARLES EDWARD HARRISLance Corporal · January 14, 1968
- RICHARD JOHN HEALYCorporal · January 14, 1968
- RANDALL DOUGLAS YEARYSecond Lieutenant · January 14, 1968
From Phoenix
- DURWARD DEAN GOSNEYMajor · October 7, 1964
- CHARLES ALVA DALEMajor · June 9, 1965
- WILBURN DANIEL FELKINSCorporal · July 30, 1965
- LEE E ANDERSONSergeant · September 19, 1965
- DERRELL BLACKBUR JEFFORDSColonel · December 24, 1965
- JOHNNY HOWARD GODFREYCaptain · January 11, 1966
- GEORGE A HOAGLAND IIIStaff Sergeant · January 29, 1966
- JACK LANDEN HIMESPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- ROY JOHN HIGGINS JRCorporal · March 5, 1966
- DARRELL LEE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · March 5, 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.