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GEORGE WILLIAM COLLINA
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
February 22, 1942 – September 6, 1970
Service recordGeorge William Collina, of Springfield, Massachusetts, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 6, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 41
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- February 22, 1942
- Home of record
- Springfield, Massachusetts (Hampden County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 6, 1970
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date September 6, 1970; three of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 43 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 41
- VERNON ARTHUR WRIGHTSpecialist Four · September 5, 1970
- LARRY EUGENE BROOKSCorporal · September 6, 1970
- LAWRENCE SAMUEL MARTINCorporal · September 6, 1970
- JESUS MORENO JRSpecialist Four · September 6, 1970
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS PAUL SMITHSergeant · Panel 7W, Line 43
From Springfield
- WAYNE CARL SIMMONSSpecialist Five · April 1, 1965
- JAMES STEPHEN COCCHIARAPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- WILLIAM HADLEY SCHOLESSergeant · April 21, 1966
- RALPH GABRIEL ERDELYLance Corporal · May 12, 1966
- ROBERT NAZAIRE TETREAULTStaff Sergeant · July 9, 1966
- DONALD CONSTANDEGunnery Sergeant · August 12, 1966
- NORMAN CARL FARRISSpecialist Four · November 21, 1966
- RALPH EARLE HINESCaptain · February 19, 1967
- WALTER JOSEPH FITZPATRICKSergeant First Class · March 3, 1967
- GUS STOVALL JRPrivate · March 9, 1967
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.