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CARLOS MANUEL COLLAZO
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 14, 1948 – June 11, 1969
Service recordCarlos Manuel Collazo, of North Bay, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 11, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 18
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Communications Electronics Equipment Mechanic (31B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- April 14, 1948
- Home of record
- North Bay, New York (Oneida County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 11, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
64 names on the Wall carry the date June 11, 1969; he was the only one lost in Binh Long Province that day. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 18
- CHARLES MARTIN BEARPrivate First Class · June 11, 1969
- DANIEL HYMAN BOLDENSpecialist Four · June 11, 1969
- ALEXANDER BRYANT BRANTLEYSpecialist Four · June 11, 1969
- RUSSELL DON BUCKNERPrivate First Class · June 11, 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.