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FRANCIS LEO COLLINS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 8, 1946 – June 5, 1967
Service recordFrancis Leo Collins, of Klamath Falls, Oregon, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 5, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 58
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- December 8, 1946
- Home of record
- Klamath Falls, Oregon (Klamath County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 5, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date June 5, 1967; five of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 58
- DONALD LEE PATTERSONPrivate First Class · June 4, 1967
- LARRY DEAN GOODPrivate First Class · June 5, 1967
- MICHAEL DEAN HALFORDSecond Lieutenant · June 5, 1967
- DI REYES IBANEZGunnery Sergeant · June 5, 1967
- CHARLES WILLIAM KANEStaff Sergeant · June 5, 1967
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES WILLIAM KANEStaff Sergeant · Panel 21E, Line 58
From Klamath Falls
- JIMMY ERIK FLORENCorporal · November 6, 1967
- JERRY OSCAR STENBERGLance Corporal · January 21, 1968
- JOHN RENFIELD TWOREKPrivate First Class · March 9, 1968
- CHARLES THOMAS COATSLance Corporal · May 27, 1968
- THOMAS HENRY WILLIAMSCorporal · August 24, 1968
- DAVID LYNN EVANSSpecialist Four · October 24, 1968
- JIMMIE MALCOLM THOMPSONPetty Officer Third Class · December 8, 1968
- MICHAEL JAMES MCKIBBANStaff Sergeant · January 1, 1969
- CHARLES THOMAS DEATONPrivate First Class · September 28, 1969
- STEVEN LLOYD PETERSSpecialist Four · March 10, 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.