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EDWARD W COLLINS III
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
June 19, 1944 – May 6, 1968
Service recordEdward W Collins III, of Verona, Pennsylvania, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 6, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 56E, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 56E · Line 3
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
- Second Lieutenant (2LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- June 19, 1944
- Home of record
- Verona, Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 6, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
102 names on the Wall carry the date May 6, 1968; nine of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 48 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 56E, Line 3
- JAMES LEE CLARKSergeant · May 6, 1968
- JOSEPH ALLAN CLINGERMANPrivate First Class · May 6, 1968
- DENNIS LYNN COOKPrivate First Class · May 6, 1968
- JAY ALAN COOKPrivate First Class · May 6, 1968
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL ROBERT KALESpecialist Four · Panel 56E, Line 10
From Verona
- MARTIN ROBERT ROBINSONPrivate First Class · April 27, 1966
- EDWARD ROBERT GUESTLance Corporal · August 24, 1967
- KENNETH ALLAN STANCIULance Corporal · March 6, 1968
- WILLIAM JAMES SUGDENSpecialist Four · December 11, 1968
- CHARLES F DANIELSON JRWarrant Officer 1 · November 1, 1969
- RAYMOND JAMES DISANTICorporal · May 13, 1970
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.