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DONALD CLIFTON COLLINS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 21, 1949 – August 13, 1970
Service recordDonald Clifton Collins, of West Plains, Missouri, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 13, 1970, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 106 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 106
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- August 21, 1949
- Home of record
- West Plains, Missouri (Howell County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 13, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date August 13, 1970; three of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 106
- EDWARD TARVERLance Corporal · August 12, 1970
- RUBIN WILBERT WESTFALL JRPrivate First Class · August 12, 1970
- RUSSELL LEROY BAHRKE JRCorporal · August 13, 1970
- ALAN B CHEESEMANCaptain · August 13, 1970
From West Plains
- ODIS THOMPSONSergeant · August 22, 1966
- JAMES LARRY LAWRENCECorporal · October 7, 1967
- JAMES DONAHUE FERGUSONSergeant · May 5, 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.