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JOHN PATRICK COLLOPY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 6, 1946 – July 15, 1967
Service recordJohn Patrick Collopy, of Dorchester, Massachusetts, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 15, 1967, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 74
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- July 6, 1946
- Home of record
- Dorchester, Massachusetts (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 15, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date July 15, 1967; he was the only one lost in Long Khanh Province that day. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 76 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 74
- ROBIN BERN CASSELLLieutenant (junior grade) · July 15, 1967
- DONALD JACK CROCKERMajor · July 15, 1967
- GERALD EDWARD DAVISPrivate First Class · July 15, 1967
- ROBERT KEEFE DWYERFirst Lieutenant · July 15, 1967
Same unit, same day
- TERRY DANE ALSUPPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 72
- GEORGE ALFRED HOLLADAYSergeant · Panel 23E, Line 76
From Dorchester
- JACK RABINOVITZCorporal · February 23, 1966
- PATRICK JOSEPH KELLY JRSergeant · February 28, 1966
- MICHAEL DAVID BURTPrivate First Class · June 1, 1966
- THOMAS JOSEPH KANEPrivate · September 21, 1966
- JOSEPH ROBERT WALLENLance Corporal · January 26, 1967
- MARK MICHAEL MCLAUGHLINPrivate First Class · February 18, 1967
- WAVERIE HUGH BUCHANANLance Corporal · March 17, 1967
- FREDERICK ALFRED MCMAHONCorporal · May 4, 1967
- GERALD FRANCIS MCDONALDCorporal · May 26, 1967
- KEVIN ANTHONY PORTERFirst Lieutenant · November 21, 1967
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.