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CLINT COLLINS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 5, 1947 – May 8, 1968
Service recordClint Collins, of Long Beach, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 8, 1968, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 56E, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 56E · Line 36
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- November 5, 1947
- Home of record
- Long Beach, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 8, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
78 names on the Wall carry the date May 8, 1968; five of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 38 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 56E, Line 36
- JAMES LARRY CHAMBERSPrivate First Class · May 8, 1968
- JERRY LEE CHERRYCorporal · May 8, 1968
- BRADLEY RUSSELL CLARKPrivate First Class · May 8, 1968
- GLENN MARSHALL CONNORPrivate First Class · May 8, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WOODROE WARREN WARTHFirst Lieutenant · Panel 57E, Line 10
From Long Beach
- PETER ANTHONY SEMMERPrivate First Class · February 11, 1965
- RICHARD GRAHAM ALLENPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- IVAN JOSEPH BROYLESSergeant · April 21, 1966
- RICHARD EYRE CROWELance Corporal · May 29, 1966
- FRANZ GERHARD PREDIGERSpecialist Four · June 30, 1966
- ANTHONY ROBERT BOSHPrivate First Class · September 7, 1966
- GERALD JOHNSONPrivate First Class · November 15, 1966
- MICHAEL PAUL MCCONAHAYPrivate First Class · November 23, 1966
- EDMOND SANMARCOSPrivate First Class · December 19, 1966
- MARSHAL LYNN HORTONSpecialist Four · December 25, 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.