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JAMES FREW COLLINS
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
October 18, 1948 – February 9, 1971
Service recordJames Frew Collins, of Vandergrift, Pennsylvania, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on February 9, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 93 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 93
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
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- October 18, 1948
- Home of record
- Vandergrift, Pennsylvania (Westmoreland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 9, 1971
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date February 9, 1971; five of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 50 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 93
- MICHAEL CARTER LAWSONCorporal · February 9, 1971
- DONALD ANDREW MACKEYPrivate First Class · February 10, 1971
- JOSEPH RAY PIETRZAKSergeant · February 10, 1971
- CHRISTOPHER LAG RAIMEYPrivate First Class · February 10, 1971
Same unit, same day
- PHILLIP JAMES SANDOVALCorporal · Panel 5W, Line 92
- STEPHEN LEE WHISENANTCaptain · Panel 5W, Line 92
From Vandergrift
- JOHN JAMES COLLINSSpecialist Four · November 11, 1967
- JOSEPH FRANCIS KARDOSSergeant · February 3, 1968
- ROBERT LAMONT WALKER JRCorporal · January 8, 1971
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.