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DONALD EARL COLLIER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 14, 1948 – January 14, 1969
Service recordDonald Earl Collier, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 14, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 88 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 88
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Laundry And Bath Specialist (57E)
- Born
- June 14, 1948
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 14, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date January 14, 1969; two of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 88
- EMIL E BOADOMajor · January 14, 1969
- JOSE BALLENTINE CAMPOSFireman · January 14, 1969
- CHARLES NORMAN CORNMANPrivate First Class · January 14, 1969
- GARY WILLIAM DUDLEYPrivate First Class · January 14, 1969
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 1965
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.