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JAMES GILBERT COLLINS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 6, 1947 – May 11, 1968
Service recordJames Gilbert Collins, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 11, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 58E, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 58E · Line 19
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- July 6, 1947
- Home of record
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 11, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
54 names on the Wall carry the date May 11, 1968; seven of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 103 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 58E, Line 19
- LEONARD JONATHEN BELLSergeant · May 11, 1968
- ROBERT VERNON BENNETTSergeant · May 11, 1968
- THOMAS HOWARD BERGRENSergeant · May 11, 1968
- PEARL BUSHStaff Sergeant · May 11, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES KENNETH ALLESSergeant · Panel 58E, Line 18
- FLOYD CLARK BAILEYSpecialist Four · Panel 58E, Line 20
- JAMES STEWART HAYCaptain · Panel 58E, Line 22
- JAMES WALLACE HILL JRPrivate First Class · Panel 58E, Line 22
From Pittsburgh
- CLEVELAND WILLIAM GORDONMajor · January 7, 1964
- THEODORE ALAN WINOWITCHPrivate First Class · December 30, 1964
- CHARLES FREDRICK CLYDESDALELieutenant (junior grade) · March 15, 1965
- WILLIAM DONAVAN BENNINGStaff Sergeant · May 11, 1965
- FRANK HUFFORD BLANKSergeant · August 18, 1965
- JOHN L JEMISONPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- FRANK JOSEPH NADANY JRSergeant First Class · October 31, 1965
- RUSSELL EARL HAMMONDSergeant First Class · November 5, 1965
- HARRY FRANCIS JEDRZEJEWSKIPlatoon Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- RONALD JOSEPH LOERLEINSergeant · November 25, 1965
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.