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EUGENE COLLINS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
September 20, 1939 – December 6, 1967
Service recordEugene Collins, of Norfolk, Virginia, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 6, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 44
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Leader (0369)
- Unit (as recorded)
- A CO 1 BN 4 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- September 20, 1939
- Home of record
- Norfolk, Virginia (Norfolk (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 6, 1967
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
70 names on the Wall carry the date December 6, 1967; 17 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 44
- DANIEL PETER CAPPELLOCorporal · December 6, 1967
- BOBBY DON CARVERPetty Officer First Class · December 6, 1967
- GARY RICHARD CLARKSecond Lieutenant · December 6, 1967
- JOHN CHARLES FILIPPIPrivate First Class · December 6, 1967
From Norfolk
- OSCAR BRANCH WESTON JRCaptain · March 23, 1961
- HUMBERT ROQUE VERSACECaptain · October 29, 1963
- WILLIAM LEROY SIEGRISTMaster Sergeant · December 30, 1964
- EDWARD RAY DODGESergeant Major · December 31, 1964
- WILLIAM N MILLERCaptain · November 12, 1965
- EDWARD J WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · January 11, 1966
- MONTE D BROOKSPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- JOHNNY PAUL PRICEPrivate First Class · February 9, 1966
- ROBERT LEE HOSKINS JRStaff Sergeant · February 26, 1966
- EVERETT ALVIN MCPHERSONMajor · March 18, 1966
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.