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JAMES WILFORD COLLINS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 30, 1943 – July 27, 1966
Service recordJames Wilford Collins, of Union City, Tennessee, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 27, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 79 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 79
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice (67A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- November 30, 1943
- Home of record
- Union City, Tennessee (Obion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 27, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date July 27, 1966. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 9E, Line 79
- JOSEPH LEO VALLEEPrivate First Class · July 26, 1966
- THOMAS WALKERStaff Sergeant · July 26, 1966
- DANNY WAYNE WANAMAKERPrivate First Class · July 26, 1966
- SHELTON LEE EAKINSecond Lieutenant · July 27, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH FRANCIS HUNTStaff Sergeant · Panel 9E, Line 80
- JOE DAVID KEGLEYPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 80
- MELVIN WARREN MCDOWELLPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 81
- CARLOS DAVID MOOREPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 81
- HAROLD W REINBOTT JRSpecialist Five · Panel 9E, Line 81
- JOSEPH C SAMPSON JRWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 9E, Line 82
- JERRY L SCHEMELPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 82
- RUTHERFORD J WELSHWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 9E, Line 82
From Union City
- JAMES WAYNE CHAMBERSSergeant · September 17, 1967
- RICHARD CLIVE LANNOMLieutenant · March 1, 1968
- ROBERT LEWIS TREVATHANPrivate First Class · April 15, 1968
- JERRY LYNN ANDREWSPrivate First Class · May 11, 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.