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CLAUDE LAVERNE COLLINS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 16, 1931 – September 2, 1967
Service recordClaude Laverne Collins, of Conway, South Carolina, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 2, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 82 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 82
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Motor Transport Operator (64C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 512 TRANS CO 1 LOG CMD
- Born
- February 16, 1931
- Home of record
- Conway, South Carolina (Horry County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 2, 1967
- Age
- 36
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date September 2, 1967; eight of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “512 TRANS CO 1 LOG CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 82
- JAMES LEE DANIELWarrant Officer 1 · September 2, 1967
- JAMES ROBERT DUNCANPrivate First Class · September 2, 1967
- JERRALD LEROY EDWARDSLance Corporal · September 2, 1967
- WILLIAM H ELMORE JRFirst Lieutenant · September 2, 1967
Same unit, same day
- RONALD WAYNE SIMMONSSpecialist Four · Panel 25E, Line 89
From Conway
- SIMMIE BELLAMY JRPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- JOHNNIE PAUL SAWYERCaptain · June 10, 1966
- WILLARD FRANKLIN BEVERLYLance Corporal · September 8, 1966
- JOHN HENRY LANCEPrivate First Class · October 27, 1967
- JAMES ROY BRYANTPrivate First Class · February 23, 1968
- RONALD DOUGLAS HINSONSpecialist Four · April 16, 1968
- CARL EDWARD TODDPetty Officer Third Class · March 25, 1969
- MICHAEL RAY SKIPPERPrivate First Class · April 22, 1969
- EVERSON BENJAMIN FAISONSergeant · November 14, 1969
- JAMES MARSHALL MINCEYCorporal · November 21, 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.