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CURTIS DAVID COLLETTE
Petty Officer Second Class · U.S. Navy
October 13, 1941 – June 17, 1966
Service recordCurtis David Collette, of Windsor, Connecticut, served as a Petty Officer Second Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on June 17, 1966, offshore, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 55
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Second Class (PO2)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aviation Machinist's Mate (AD)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AIRTRANSRON 7 MFTFLD CA
- Born
- October 13, 1941
- Home of record
- Windsor, Connecticut (Hartford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 17, 1966
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Offshore
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date June 17, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “AIRTRANSRON 7 MFTFLD CA”, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 8E, Line 55
- MICHAEL WATERSPrivate First Class · June 16, 1966
- OLEY NEAL ADAMSStaff Sergeant · June 17, 1966
- ROBERT ALEXANDER CAIRNSStaff Sergeant · June 17, 1966
- RALPH BURTON COBBSLieutenant Commander · June 17, 1966
Same unit, same day
- RALPH BURTON COBBSLieutenant Commander · Panel 8E, Line 55
- JACK ISHUM DEMPSEYPetty Officer Second Class · Panel 8E, Line 56
- STANLEY JON FRENGPetty Officer Second Class · Panel 8E, Line 56
- EDWARD LEON ROMIGLieutenant (junior grade) · Panel 8E, Line 57
- M J SAVOYAirman · Panel 8E, Line 58
- DONALD EDWIN SIEGWARTHLieutenant (junior grade) · Panel 8E, Line 58
From Windsor
- ERIC MARVIN BARNESCaptain · March 25, 1967
- JOHN B WOBLEPrivate · April 1, 1967
- JAMES ANTHONY DECARLOSergeant · April 3, 1970
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.