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JUNIUS COLUMBUS COLLIER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 23, 1947 – March 2, 1968
Service recordJunius Columbus Collier, of Memphis, Tennessee, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 2, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 42E, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42E · Line 29
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- January 23, 1947
- Home of record
- Memphis, Tennessee (Shelby County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 2, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
100 names on the Wall carry the date March 2, 1968; six of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 68 of its members that month.
He died in Bình Dương Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 42E, Line 29
- RICHARD CHARLES BROWNSpecialist Four · March 2, 1968
- HORACIO CARRANZAPrivate First Class · March 2, 1968
- WILLIAM BRACE CAWLEY JRSpecialist Four · March 2, 1968
- ALVIN LLOYD CAYSONSpecialist Four · March 2, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ANTHONY JOSEPH BREUERPrivate First Class · Panel 42E, Line 28
- TONY SYLVESTER OLIVERSpecialist Four · Panel 42E, Line 38
- DANA HYLAND ROESNERPrivate First Class · Panel 42E, Line 40
- RONALD JOSEPH STILLEYStaff Sergeant · Panel 42E, Line 42
From Memphis
- JESSE ALEXANDER GRAYSergeant First Class · June 12, 1964
- ANDREW DAYTON PARKER JRMajor · June 18, 1965
- JOHN CARLOS HARRISSergeant · July 21, 1965
- WALTER LEWIS SMITHPrivate First Class · August 19, 1965
- CLAUDE TALBERT JRPrivate First Class · October 8, 1965
- WILLIAM CLYDE HARPERSergeant · October 10, 1965
- DANIEL DAVID HARDENSergeant · November 1, 1965
- RANDLE TOM WOODSLance Corporal · November 6, 1965
- KELLY EUGENE WHITAKERPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- MELVIN FRANK FORTSpecialist Four · November 17, 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.