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GEORGE PORTEOUS COLLINS
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
September 29, 1946 – February 26, 1969
Service recordGeorge Porteous Collins, of Wyoming, Minnesota, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on February 26, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 31W, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31W · Line 65
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Unit (as recorded)
- HS CO 1 BN 9 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- September 29, 1946
- Home of record
- Wyoming, Minnesota (Chisago County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 26, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date February 26, 1969; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 31W, Line 65
- CHARLES EDWARD CLAYSergeant · February 26, 1969
- HOBART EARL COVINGTONStaff Sergeant · February 26, 1969
- DAVID GUY CUMMINGSSpecialist Four · February 26, 1969
- LAWRENCE JOSEPH DEFELICESpecialist Four · February 26, 1969
From Wyoming
- GARY LEE KUNSHIERPrivate First Class · October 4, 1968
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.