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HARRIS LESTER COLLINS
Corporal · U.S. Army
September 30, 1943 – April 26, 1968
Service recordHarris Lester Collins, of San Angelo, Texas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on April 26, 1968, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 52E, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52E · Line 15
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Intelligence Analyst (96B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- September 30, 1943
- Home of record
- San Angelo, Texas (Tom Green County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 26, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
69 names on the Wall carry the date April 26, 1968; four of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 96 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 52E, Line 15
- RUSSELL DAVID BURGESSPrivate First Class · April 26, 1968
- MICHAEL FRANCES CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · April 26, 1968
- THOMAS J CARROLLCorporal · April 26, 1968
- NATHANIEL BUSTER CLARKPrivate · April 26, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DALLAS TYLER ADAIR JRCorporal · Panel 52E, Line 13
- ELDON ALLEN BAKERSergeant · Panel 52E, Line 13
- WILLIAM F VANDERVORT JRSpecialist Four · Panel 52E, Line 26
From San Angelo
- CHARLES MILTON FITTSFirst Lieutenant · January 11, 1963
- LEROY BURKS JRPrivate First Class · November 1, 1966
- MICHAEL COURTNEY QUINNSeaman · May 24, 1967
- LOUIS FARR JONESColonel · November 29, 1967
- HENRY WILBURN HARTMANSpecialist Five · January 31, 1968
- ROBERTO PENA RIOSPrivate · March 4, 1968
- DAVID ALLEN PARKERStaff Sergeant · April 6, 1968
- JIMMY RAY WHELESSCorporal · May 9, 1968
- REX WAYNE DOYLESpecialist Four · May 17, 1968
- OSCAR REINA JUAREZPrivate First Class · June 28, 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.