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MICHAEL LEE COLLINS
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
September 8, 1948 – September 3, 1969
Service recordMichael Lee Collins, of Rockford, Illinois, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on September 3, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 26
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 8, 1948
- Home of record
- Rockford, Illinois (Winnebago County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 3, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date September 3, 1969; nine of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 71 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 26
- DELMIS CLAYTON WATSONPrivate First Class · September 2, 1969
- MARK CARL ALFORDSergeant · September 3, 1969
- RONALD JOSEPH BRITZMajor · September 3, 1969
- ANDRE GEORGE BROUMASLieutenant Colonel · September 3, 1969
Same unit, same day
- MARK CARL ALFORDSergeant · Panel 18W, Line 26
- RONALD JOSEPH BRITZMajor · Panel 18W, Line 26
- ANDRE GEORGE BROUMASLieutenant Colonel · Panel 18W, Line 26
- TONY CRUZSergeant · Panel 18W, Line 27
- MCKENZIE W GENWRIGHTCaptain · Panel 18W, Line 27
- DAVID RUSSELL HANNAWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 18W, Line 28
- DEAN RICHARD LANGEChief Warrant Officer 3 · Panel 18W, Line 28
- NORMAN LOUIS NESTERAKCaptain · Panel 18W, Line 29
- WILLIAM EDWARD TITTLEWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 18W, Line 29
From Rockford
- LARRY DEAN BELLCorporal · November 10, 1965
- THOMAS DUANE GLAWEPrivate First Class · June 16, 1966
- A W TRIPPLETTPrivate First Class · November 19, 1966
- RODERICK JAMES RODENBECKPrivate First Class · February 11, 1967
- J L LYLESCorporal · February 16, 1967
- MELVIN BALLARDSergeant · March 11, 1967
- ROBERT VERNER PEARSONSpecialist Four · April 7, 1967
- ROBERT EARL WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · May 9, 1967
- NOTLEY GWYNN MADDOXColonel · May 20, 1967
- LARRY WILLIAM KNIGHTHospitalman · June 1, 1967
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.