The Wall › Panel 26W › Larry Richard Collins
LARRY RICHARD COLLINS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 15, 1946 – May 1, 1969
Service recordLarry Richard Collins served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 1, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 90 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 90
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- July 15, 1946
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 1, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date May 1, 1969; four of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 66 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 90
- JOSEPH JESUS DELROSARIOStaff Sergeant · May 1, 1969
- IGNACIO ESCOBAR DUROSpecialist Four · May 1, 1969
- MARTIN FRANCIS FOLEYLance Corporal · May 1, 1969
- JOHN FREDERICK HATFIELDPrivate First Class · May 1, 1969
Same unit, same day
- STEVEN DALE BELSLYCorporal · Panel 26W, Line 89
- JAMES DEE BLASKOSpecialist Four · Panel 26W, Line 89
- CHARLES BENNY HIGHTPrivate · Panel 26W, Line 91
- RONALD ALLEN HILLSpecialist Four · Panel 26W, Line 91
- JOHN DAVID SEXTONSergeant · Panel 26W, Line 94
- KENNETH LEROY WHITEStaff Sergeant · Panel 26W, Line 96
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.