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MICHAEL RAYMOND COLLINS
Lieutenant · U.S. Navy
October 12, 1942 – March 4, 1971
Service recordMichael Raymond Collins, of Martinez, California, served as a Lieutenant in the U.S. Navy. He died on March 4, 1971, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 21
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 (LT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Url No Warfare Specialty (1100)
- Born
- October 12, 1942
- Home of record
- Martinez, California (Contra Costa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 4, 1971
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date March 4, 1971; he was the only one lost in Kien Hoa Province that day. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 21
- CHARLIE TIDWELL GAZAWAYSergeant · March 4, 1971
- RICHARD JAY HENTZSpecialist Five · March 4, 1971
- MICHAEL WAYNE MARKERCaptain · March 4, 1971
- RODNEY DEE OSBORNESpecialist Five · March 4, 1971
From Martinez
- DENNIS J TULLERPrivate First Class · February 12, 1966
- RONALD CHRIS BRESHEARSSergeant · December 28, 1967
- HARRISON LEROY HALEYCaptain · May 26, 1968
- CRAIG STEVEN PETTITHospitalman · May 31, 1968
- JAMES KEITH KNUTSONSpecialist Four · August 15, 1968
- JERRY CLAYTON ROBBINSStaff Sergeant · March 7, 1969
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.