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GEORGE EDWARD COLLIER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 9, 1925 – May 28, 1962
Service recordGeorge Edward Collier, of Starkville, Mississippi, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 28, 1962, in South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 9
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- September 9, 1925
- Home of record
- Starkville, Mississippi (Oktibbeha County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 28, 1962
- Age
- 36
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date May 28, 1962. In May 1962, 3 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 9
- BILLIE LESTER BEARDStaff Sergeant · April 21, 1962
- RONALD EUGENE LEWISPrivate · May 1, 1962
- HEWETT FRANK EVASTUS COEChief Petty Officer · May 20, 1962
- ROBERT LOUIS GARDNERSergeant · June 13, 1962
From Starkville
- ROBERT MORRIS HILLSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- GEORGE HOWARD WARDPrivate First Class · April 11, 1966
- CLIFTON FLOYD VAUGHNPrivate First Class · August 26, 1966
- JACK ROWLEY LICHTE JRFirst Lieutenant · March 20, 1967
- THOMAS LESLIE WARDPrivate First Class · January 7, 1968
- WILLIAM NEWTON JOHNSONSecond Lieutenant · January 27, 1968
- VICTOR MICHAEL STRIBLINGPrivate First Class · February 12, 1968
- CHARLES LOUIS HUNTERSpecialist Four · June 18, 1969
- ROBERT HORACE BENNETTCaptain · November 4, 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.