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JAMES WILLIAM COLLIER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 20, 1946 – April 4, 1967
Service recordJames William Collier, of Ft Edward, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 4, 1967, in Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 98 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 98
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Tactical Wire Operations Specialist (36K)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- December 20, 1946
- Home of record
- Ft Edward, New York (Washington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 4, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phuoc Tuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date April 4, 1967; four of them were lost in Phuoc Tuy Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 73 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 98
- HARRY LEE DAVISFirst Lieutenant · April 4, 1967
- JAMES ELLIOTT DEWEYCorporal · April 4, 1967
- GEORGE RICHARD GALBAVYPrivate First Class · April 4, 1967
- PAUL VINCENT HARRINGTONPrivate First Class · April 4, 1967
Same unit, same day
- KENNETH EDWARD BYERSPrivate · Panel 17E, Line 97
- GEORGE RICHARD GALBAVYPrivate First Class · Panel 17E, Line 98
- MICHAEL WILLIAM MARTINEAUPrivate First Class · Panel 17E, Line 100
From Ft Edward
- DENNIS EDWARD HIGGINSSpecialist Four · January 19, 1966
- OWEN DAVID GOODSELLSpecialist Four · January 24, 1967
- GENE FRANCIS COLVINSergeant · July 1, 1967
- WILLIAM JOSEPH MCCARTYFirst Lieutenant · October 12, 1967
- JOSEPH MICHAEL DANGELICOSpecialist Four · January 2, 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.