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DAVID BURR COLLINS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 1, 1944 – June 19, 1969
Service recordDavid Burr Collins, of Bardstown, Kentucky, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 19, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 87 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 87
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
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- C BTRY 2 BN 138 ARTY I FF
- Born
- September 1, 1944
- Home of record
- Bardstown, Kentucky (Nelson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 19, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
57 names on the Wall carry the date June 19, 1969; nine of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “C BTRY 2 BN 138 ARTY I FF”, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 87
- HARVEY C CRABTREE JRSpecialist Four · June 19, 1969
- DONALD LEO CURTINCorporal · June 19, 1969
- JAMES ROBERT DANIELCaptain · June 19, 1969
- DAVID DEITCHPrivate First Class · June 19, 1969
Same unit, same day
- TROY BETHEASpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 84
- LUTHER MALCOLM CHAPPELFirst Sergeant · Panel 22W, Line 86
- JOSEPH RONALD MCILVOYSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 91
- RONALD EARL SIMPSONSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 94
From Bardstown
- RAYMOND SYLVESTER FORDSpecialist Four · February 20, 1966
- WILLIAM RUSSELL TAYLORCorporal · August 28, 1966
- RONALD EARL SIMPSONSpecialist Four · June 19, 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.