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BRUCE WAYNE COLLINS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 17, 1947 – August 14, 1968
Service recordBruce Wayne Collins, of Ontario, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 14, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 48W, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48W · Line 16
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- March 17, 1947
- Home of record
- Ontario, California (San Bernardino County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 14, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date August 14, 1968; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 134 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 48W, Line 16
- HENRYK TADUESZ SULATYCKISergeant First Class · August 14, 1968
- LARRY EUGENE VANGESSELSpecialist Five · August 14, 1968
- GEORGE JOSEPH BODNARFirst Lieutenant · August 15, 1968
- BAY BENTON BOOTHEStaff Sergeant · August 15, 1968
Same unit, same day
- HAROLD LEE WHITEPrivate First Class · Panel 48W, Line 11
From Ontario
- MICHAEL JOSEPH SOTHCaptain · June 21, 1966
- GILBERT FERRANTECorporal · August 13, 1966
- ERVIN LOVELLPrivate First Class · May 14, 1967
- ROBERT JOSEPH STATENHospitalman · February 7, 1968
- LARRY CHARLES HOPPERPrivate First Class · April 13, 1968
- GRIDLEY BARSTOW STRONGPrivate First Class · April 21, 1968
- DARYEL JOE YOUNGPrivate First Class · June 22, 1968
- WILLIAM EARL MCDAVIDSpecialist Four · August 7, 1968
- ANTONINO RUGGERISpecialist Four · February 12, 1969
- DAVID JAY HUFFMANCorporal · March 26, 1969
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.