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GENE FRANCIS COLLIER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 5, 1946 – April 8, 1968
Service recordGene Francis Collier, of Baltimore, Maryland, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 8, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 48E, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48E · Line 51
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Construction Equipment Operator (62E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- ENGINEERING CMD
- Born
- August 5, 1946
- Home of record
- Baltimore, Maryland (Baltimore (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 8, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date April 8, 1968; four of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “ENGINEERING CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 48E, Line 51
- MELVIN BERNARD BROWNSpecialist Five · April 8, 1968
- ROBERT HOWARD COLEGROVEStaff Sergeant · April 8, 1968
- CLAYTON ANDREW CRAFTPrivate First Class · April 8, 1968
- JERRY WAYNE DILLOWSpecialist Four · April 8, 1968
From Baltimore
- EVERETTE LEROY DONALDSONPrivate First Class · June 29, 1964
- WILLIAM EDWARD FOWLERLance Corporal · July 9, 1965
- FRANK ROBERT SAXONLance Corporal · September 14, 1965
- JAMES MCKINLEY LONGPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- THOMAS JAMES SCHINDLERSergeant · October 5, 1965
- SAMUEL L HOLMANSergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD DEANE OTTStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ODELL VAUGHANStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ANTHONY WATSONSecond Lieutenant · December 4, 1965
- PHILIP JAMES MCCARTHYSergeant · December 5, 1965
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.