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LARRY EUGENE COLLIER
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
March 11, 1944 – July 4, 1968
Service recordLarry Eugene Collier, of Toccoa, Georgia, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on July 4, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 53W, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53W · Line 8
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- March 11, 1944
- Home of record
- Toccoa, Georgia (Stephens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 4, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date July 4, 1968; six of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 38 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 53W, Line 8
- ERNIE LEE BURGAMYPrivate First Class · July 4, 1968
- RONALD MYRON CLOUDSergeant · July 4, 1968
- JESSIE EDDIE LEE COYStaff Sergeant · July 4, 1968
- JAMES WELDON DAVISPrivate · July 4, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RAYMOND PAUL BOSWORTH JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 53W, Line 7
- JESSIE EDDIE LEE COYStaff Sergeant · Panel 53W, Line 8
- DANIEL NORBERT GLOWACKIFirst Lieutenant · Panel 53W, Line 10
- FREDERICK G TERRY JRMajor · Panel 53W, Line 14
- DIRK JON WESTRASpecialist Four · Panel 53W, Line 15
From Toccoa
- EMORY FRANKLIN JOHNSONLance Corporal · February 24, 1967
- GREGORIO MENO CAMACHOSergeant First Class · September 26, 1968
- TOMMY CALVIN HEATONCorporal · April 17, 1969
- WILLIAM HERSCHEL AYERSSpecialist Four · June 5, 1969
- WILLIAM LEROY PHILLIPSCaptain · January 20, 1970
- JACKY LEE DRURYSpecialist Four · February 6, 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.