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JONATHAN COLLINS III
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 14, 1948 – April 5, 1969
Service recordJonathan Collins III, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 5, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 16
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Equipment Repairer (91A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- November 14, 1948
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 5, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date April 5, 1969; five of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 83 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 16
- STEVEN ELLIS DONALDSONSecond Lieutenant · April 5, 1969
- LAWRENCE WESLEY DUDLEY JRFirst Lieutenant · April 5, 1969
- JOHN NEWT EDWARDSMaster Sergeant · April 5, 1969
- ISLAM OZGERPrivate First Class · April 5, 1969
Same unit, same day
- LAWRENCE WESLEY DUDLEY JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 27W, Line 16
- CHUCK MICHAEL STADELPrivate First Class · Panel 27W, Line 22
- DOUGLAS LEE VANDE-VEGTECorporal · Panel 27W, Line 22
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 1965
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.