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MICHAEL HOWARD COLLINS
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
April 6, 1947 – May 26, 1967
Service recordMichael Howard Collins, of Tampa, Florida, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 26, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 112 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 112
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- April 6, 1947
- Home of record
- Tampa, Florida (Hillsborough County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 26, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
91 names on the Wall carry the date May 26, 1967; 39 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 112
- THOMAS ARTHUR CONKLINPetty Officer Third Class · May 26, 1967
- PATRICK CONNERCorporal · May 26, 1967
- ROBERT WILKINSON COOKWarrant Officer 1 · May 26, 1967
- CHARLES ALVIN CRUMPCorporal · May 26, 1967
From Tampa
- THOMAS ISAAC LEDBETTERCaptain · June 19, 1964
- HENRY JOSEPH GALLANTMaster Sergeant · July 13, 1965
- JOHN BELL JRLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- ERICH SIMKAITISSpecialist Five · September 9, 1965
- LAURENCE MICHAEL KINGCorporal · September 28, 1965
- MACK CECIL COXSergeant · November 17, 1965
- GUY HECTOR MCCAREYMajor · November 27, 1965
- RICHIE HUMES SCHMITTLance Corporal · December 9, 1965
- JOHNNIE GRANTSpecialist Four · February 7, 1966
- ISIAH FOSTERLance Corporal · March 23, 1966
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.