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CHARLES MICHAEL COLLIER
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
September 24, 1948 – August 7, 1969
Service recordCharles Michael Collier, of Fishersville, Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 7, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 106 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 106
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- September 24, 1948
- Home of record
- Fishersville, Virginia (Augusta County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 7, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date August 7, 1969; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 106
- NORMAN LEE BARTONCorporal · August 7, 1969
- GEORGE LEANDER BOURNEHospitalman · August 7, 1969
- TERRENCE CARMINE BRASILESergeant · August 7, 1969
- EDWARD BRUNOLance Corporal · August 7, 1969
From Fishersville
- DONALD WAYNE FALWELLPrivate First Class · May 3, 1967
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.