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NATHANIEL COLLINS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 29, 1932 – May 31, 1967
Service recordNathaniel Collins, of Syracuse, New York, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 31, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 21
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- March 29, 1932
- Home of record
- Syracuse, New York (Onondaga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 31, 1967
- Age
- 35
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date May 31, 1967; seven of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 117 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 21
- GERALD ALAN CHAMPIONPrivate First Class · May 31, 1967
- WILLIAM EDWARD COSSA JRSpecialist Four · May 31, 1967
- GEORGE ALFRED DOANESpecialist Four · May 31, 1967
- JOSEPH EDWARD FITZGERALDStaff Sergeant · May 31, 1967
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE ALFRED DOANESpecialist Four · Panel 21E, Line 21
- EDWARD S ROUBAStaff Sergeant · Panel 21E, Line 24
From Syracuse
- EDWARD EUGENE KRUKOWSKICaptain · June 10, 1965
- JOHN STEVEN MICHALSKISergeant · October 31, 1965
- FRANCIS EDWARD VISCONTIMajor · November 22, 1965
- MARVIN MARK BELTSergeant · December 26, 1965
- JAMES VICTOR BIGTREECorporal · January 11, 1966
- THOMAS ANTHONY FODAROTechnical Sergeant · January 13, 1966
- WILLIAM M TARBELLPrivate · February 26, 1966
- WILLIAM GEORGE BLANCHARDPrivate First Class · March 21, 1966
- BERNARD JOSEPH GOSSColonel · April 23, 1966
- KEVIN MICHAEL FLAHERTYSecond Lieutenant · May 30, 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.