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FRANKLIN THOMAS COLLINS
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
February 2, 1947 – June 4, 1967
Service recordFranklin Thomas Collins, of Tifton, Georgia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 4, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 55
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Mortarman (0341)
- Unit (as recorded)
- HS CO 1 BN 5 MAR 1 MARDIV
- Born
- February 2, 1947
- Home of record
- Tifton, Georgia (Tift County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 4, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date June 4, 1967; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 55
- PABLO ALMANZACorporal · June 4, 1967
- ROJELIO BOCANEGRALance Corporal · June 4, 1967
- GERALD WAYNE INGLETTPrivate First Class · June 4, 1967
From Tifton
- HAROLD BASCOM DURHAM JRSecond Lieutenant · October 17, 1967
- ROBERT LEE DYKES JRPrivate First Class · February 8, 1968
- THOMAS RUDOLPH OWENSGunnery Sergeant · July 23, 1968
- HAROLD RAY TYSONSergeant · February 15, 1969
- HULUS EDGAR KEY JRSergeant · November 2, 1969
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.