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GERALD JAMES COLLIER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 23, 1943 – October 15, 1966
Service recordGerald James Collier, of Essexville, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 15, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 76 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 76
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- April 23, 1943
- Home of record
- Essexville, Michigan (Bay County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 15, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date October 15, 1966. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 53 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 76
- GERALD LANE CARMICHAELCorporal · October 15, 1966
- MARVIN DOWDELLPrivate First Class · October 15, 1966
- MELVIN RUPERT ELLISCaptain · October 15, 1966
- LAWRENCE HUBERT HARRISSergeant · October 15, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JAMES EUGENE JOSLYNStaff Sergeant · Panel 11E, Line 77
- WILLIAM THOMAS LONDONPrivate First Class · Panel 11E, Line 77
- KENNETH EDWARD SHRUMSpecialist Four · Panel 11E, Line 78
From Essexville
- PRESTON LEE SMITHFirst Lieutenant · September 5, 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.