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MARSHALL B COLLINS
Lieutenant Commander · U.S. Navy
May 23, 1941 – August 12, 1972
Service recordMarshall B Collins, of Arlington, Texas, served as a Lieutenant Commander in the U.S. Navy. He died on August 12, 1972, in Ba Xugen Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 63
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. Navy
- Rank
- Lieutenant Commander (LCDR)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Url Surface Warfare (1110)
- Born
- May 23, 1941
- Home of record
- Arlington, Texas (Tarrant County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 12, 1972
- Age
- 31
- Province
- Ba Xugen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date August 12, 1972; 13 of them were lost in Ba Xugen Province. In August 1972, 41 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Ba Xugen Province while the Easter Offensive was under way. On 30 March 1972, North Vietnam launched its largest offensive since 1968, attacking across the DMZ, toward An Lộc and into the Central Highlands. By then few U.S. ground troops remained; American advisers and air power fought alongside the South Vietnamese.
Also on Panel 1W, Line 63
- PATRICK A DECK JRFirst Lieutenant · September 18, 1965
- HERBERT D STARKFirst Lieutenant · August 11, 1972
- EDWARD JAMES BRUESergeant First Class · August 12, 1972
- JAMES WESLEY FULKMajor · August 12, 1972
- TERRY KOHLERCaptain · August 12, 1972
From Arlington
- DENNIS BOYD EASLEYSecond Lieutenant · July 20, 1966
- PAT WELDON MCGEESergeant · December 5, 1966
- CHESTER GALE JORDANPrivate First Class · May 3, 1967
- RICHARD ALLEN LASHERSpecialist Four · August 20, 1967
- SCOTTY LEE KEYESCorporal · September 1, 1967
- JOHN DARRACOTT HEFLINPrivate First Class · September 2, 1967
- ROBERT PERRY MILLS JRLieutenant · November 2, 1967
- EUGENE LUNSFORD CLAYStaff Sergeant · November 9, 1967
- KENNETH JAMES CANTWELLPrivate First Class · July 16, 1968
- GARY GENE GORDONCorporal · July 28, 1968
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.