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HAROLD DUANE COLLINS
Corporal · U.S. Army
September 21, 1946 – September 2, 1968
Service recordHarold Duane Collins, of Mooresville, Indiana, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on September 2, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 45W, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45W · Line 24
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Construction Equipment Operator (62E)
- Born
- September 21, 1946
- Home of record
- Mooresville, Indiana (Morgan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 2, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date September 2, 1968; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 45W, Line 24
- JAMES PATRICK BURNSSergeant · September 2, 1968
- WILLIAM RUSSELL BUSBYPrivate First Class · September 2, 1968
- LARRY DON BUTLERSergeant · September 2, 1968
- NORMAN J CHANEYPrivate First Class · September 2, 1968
From Mooresville
- RONALD LEE HOVISPrivate First Class · December 18, 1968
- LESLIE TOBIAS HAMMACKStaff Sergeant · November 20, 1969
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.