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GARY EDWARD COLLINS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 8, 1948 – January 28, 1969
Service recordGary Edward Collins, of Dayton, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 28, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 6
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- February 8, 1948
- Home of record
- Dayton, Ohio (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 28, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date January 28, 1969; four of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 43 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 6
- ROBERT JOHN CAMERONMajor · January 28, 1969
- JERRY RICHARD COLEPrivate First Class · January 28, 1969
- JOHN WAYNE COWARTSergeant · January 28, 1969
- ALVIN RICHARD GALEPrivate First Class · January 28, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ANDRE REMI BELLEMAREPrivate First Class · Panel 33W, Line 5
- DON ROBERT KLEINPrivate First Class · Panel 33W, Line 8
- DENNIS VARIS LEESergeant · Panel 33W, Line 8
- PHILIP ALON TRITSCHPrivate First Class · Panel 33W, Line 11
From Dayton
- CHARLES ROBERT SMITHLance Corporal · May 23, 1965
- JOE CALVIN PAULLance Corporal · August 19, 1965
- RICHARD DENNIS SHARPLance Corporal · October 30, 1965
- RICHARD GALE WICKLance Corporal · November 22, 1965
- DONALD MAILY SHAFER IIPrivate First Class · February 18, 1966
- HARRY DONALD HASKINSPrivate First Class · April 29, 1966
- TIMOTHY RAYPrivate First Class · May 8, 1966
- ROGER MICHAEL MATHEWSONSergeant · May 11, 1966
- MICHAEL ROBERT POPPAWPrivate First Class · May 12, 1966
- DOUGLAS HUGH KNOTTPrivate First Class · July 19, 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.