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JAMES PATRICK MCCOLLUM
Captain · U.S. Air Force
January 23, 1936 – May 23, 1968
Service recordJames Patrick McCollum, of Pleasantville, New Jersey, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on May 23, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 66E, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 66E · Line 12
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- 7 AF
- Born
- January 23, 1936
- Home of record
- Pleasantville, New Jersey (Atlantic County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 23, 1968
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date May 23, 1968; 15 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “7 AF”, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 66E, Line 12
- TIMOTHY ARTHUR MCGURTYCorporal · May 23, 1968
- DONALD EUGENE NELSONStaff Sergeant · May 23, 1968
- STEVEN WAYNE OLSENCorporal · May 23, 1968
- TERRENCE EDWARD ONEILSergeant · May 23, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOHN ERNEST ALBANESE JRSergeant · Panel 66E, Line 5
- JOHN LEMOINE COONStaff Sergeant · Panel 66E, Line 7
- ROBERT ALTON FINKSergeant · Panel 66E, Line 9
- WILLIAM HENRY TAYLORCaptain · Panel 67E, Line 3
From Pleasantville
- JOSEPH DAVID PUGGISergeant First Class · February 2, 1968
- GEORGE AUSTIN CARNEYSpecialist Four · August 21, 1968
- HARRY JOHN JACKSON JRPrivate First Class · November 11, 1969
- JOSEPH PIPPENBACHSergeant · May 7, 1970
- CHARLIE WILLIAM TAYLORLance Corporal · August 17, 1970
- ALBERT ELWOOD METTINGERSergeant First Class · October 7, 1970
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.