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NOAH CHANDLER COLLIER JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 11, 1947 – October 26, 1966
Service recordNoah Chandler Collier JR, of Wiley, Georgia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 26, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 108 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 108
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- February 11, 1947
- Home of record
- Wiley, Georgia (Rabun County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 26, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
54 names on the Wall carry the date October 26, 1966. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 55 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 108
- RAMON ALLEN COPPLELieutenant (junior grade) · October 26, 1966
- RICHARD EARLE DONAHUECommander · October 26, 1966
- ROBERT LOUIS DYKESeaman · October 26, 1966
- GEORGE K FARRISCommander · October 26, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JOHN BENNETT GEISEN JRSergeant · Panel 11E, Line 110
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.