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GUY FLETCHER COLLINS
Lieutenant Colonel · U.S. Air Force
May 26, 1928 – March 13, 1968
Service recordGuy Fletcher Collins, of Miami, Florida, served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Air Force. He died on March 13, 1968, in Laos, at age 39. His name is inscribed on Panel 44E, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44E · Line 33
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Lieutenant Colonel (LTCOL)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 56 AIR CBT WG
- Born
- May 26, 1928
- Home of record
- Miami, Florida (Dade County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 13, 1968
- Age
- 39
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
57 names on the Wall carry the date March 13, 1968. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “56 AIR CBT WG”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 44E, Line 33
- LEON JOSEPH ATTERIDGE JRPrivate First Class · March 13, 1968
- JOSEPH HENRY BYRNEMajor · March 13, 1968
- GEORGE MANUAL CHACALOSPrivate First Class · March 13, 1968
- WILLIAM DON CRAWFORDSergeant First Class · March 13, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH HENRY BYRNEMajor · Panel 44E, Line 33
From Miami
- LOUIS ANTHONY CARRICARTESecond Lieutenant · December 12, 1963
- RANDOLPH CHESTER HOLDERLance Corporal · May 28, 1965
- ALBERT FRED ROBERTSStaff Sergeant · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT WILLIAM REAGANChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 9, 1965
- SAM MICHAEL SAVAS JRMajor · October 12, 1965
- JEFFRY LETSON KOCKRITZSergeant · October 28, 1965
- RONALD HAROLD LUKEPrivate First Class · November 4, 1965
- OSVALDO AMODIASSergeant · November 17, 1965
- JERRY NELSON HUGHESPrivate First Class · January 10, 1966
- LEON BOYD SMITH IICaptain · January 12, 1966
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.