The Wall › Panel 23W › Alabama › Jerome Liston Collins
JEROME LISTON COLLINS
Corporal · U.S. Army
May 11, 1948 – May 30, 1969
Service recordJerome Liston Collins, of Magnolia Springs, Alabama, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 30, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 20
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- May 11, 1948
- Home of record
- Magnolia Springs, Alabama (Baldwin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 30, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date May 30, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 29 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 23W, Line 20
- NATHANIEL COOKPrivate First Class · May 30, 1969
- EDWIN EARL DOTTERSergeant · May 30, 1969
- RICHARD FRANCIS DUBOISLance Corporal · May 30, 1969
- EDWARD FROWNERSergeant · May 30, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES FRANCIS BECKERCorporal · Panel 23W, Line 19
- VIRGIL VERN HAMILTONSergeant · Panel 23W, Line 21
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.