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DAVID LEROY COLLINS
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 8, 1947 – February 1, 1968
Service recordDavid Leroy Collins, of Carson City, Nevada, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 1, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 36E, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36E · Line 47
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- December 8, 1947
- Home of record
- Carson City, Nevada (Carson City (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 1, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
96 names on the Wall carry the date February 1, 1968; 31 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Thừa Thiên Province while the Battle of Huế was under way. At Huế (31 January–2 March 1968), Marines, soldiers of the 1st Cavalry and 101st Airborne divisions and South Vietnamese troops fought house to house for 26 days to retake the old imperial capital, the longest urban battle of the war. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Also on Panel 36E, Line 47
- CLYDE ELMER CARTER JRPrivate First Class · February 1, 1968
- CLYDE TERRY CODYStaff Sergeant · February 1, 1968
- WILLIAM MARVIN COMER JRPetty Officer Second Class · February 1, 1968
- ROBERT L CONLEYSpecialist Four · February 1, 1968
From Carson City
- MICHAEL ANTHONY BODAMERPetty Officer Third Class · May 19, 1967
- DANNY LEE SMOTHERSSpecialist Four · March 8, 1968
- DANIEL LEVERNE ACKERMANSergeant · April 10, 1968
- FREDERICK HERB WHITTEMORECommander · April 11, 1968
- KEITH DEGERO TAYLORLance Corporal · June 18, 1968
- JAMES RONALD WILLISCorporal · August 1, 1968
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.