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DAVID LEE COLLINS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
August 30, 1946 – June 16, 1969
Service recordDavid Lee Collins, of Lowell, Indiana, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on June 16, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 57
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- August 30, 1946
- Home of record
- Lowell, Indiana (Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 16, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date June 16, 1969; five of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 57
- MARK DENNIS CLOTFELTERChief Warrant Officer 2 · June 16, 1969
- DAVID ALLEN CURTISSpecialist Four · June 16, 1969
- RAYMOND LEE DOCK JRPetty Officer Third Class · June 16, 1969
- HALLIA LEON GRIFFIN JRSergeant · June 16, 1969
From Lowell
- CHESTER ARTHUR LUTGENSergeant · June 1, 1966
- DAREN LEE DRINSKISpecialist Four · March 31, 1969
- KENNETH REED MCDANIELCorporal · August 13, 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.