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MICHAEL COLLINS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 31, 1949 – September 24, 1969
Service recordMichael Collins, of New York, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 24, 1969, in Tuyen Duc Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 3
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
- Radio Operator (05B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- January 31, 1949
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 24, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tuyen Duc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date September 24, 1969; he was the only one lost in Tuyen Duc Province that day. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 3
- JOHN LEE BURTONPrivate First Class · September 24, 1969
- FREDERICK RALPH CLARKPrivate First Class · September 24, 1969
- GREGG LAWRENCE COCHRANEPrivate First Class · September 24, 1969
- KENNETH EDWARD PENNINGTONFirst Lieutenant · September 24, 1969
Same unit, same day
- SOLOMON HERBERT BRYANTSergeant First Class · Panel 17W, Line 2
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 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.