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RALPH RAYMOND COLLINS JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 1, 1947 – May 13, 1968
Service recordRalph Raymond Collins JR, of Barberton, Ohio, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 13, 1968, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 59E, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 59E · Line 19
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- August 1, 1947
- Home of record
- Barberton, Ohio (Summit County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 13, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
101 names on the Wall carry the date May 13, 1968; he was the only one lost in Long Khanh Province that day. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 38 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 59E, Line 19
- JOHN EDWARD CASHLEYSpecialist Four · May 13, 1968
- GEORGE COLEMANCaptain · May 13, 1968
- SAMUEL GERALD CONNELLYPrivate First Class · May 13, 1968
- MOSES JAMES COUSINSpecialist Four · May 13, 1968
Same unit, same day
- OLLIS BREWSTERStaff Sergeant · Panel 59E, Line 17
- DOUGLAS GEORGE FACTORASergeant · Panel 59E, Line 21
- BOBBY JAMESSergeant · Panel 59E, Line 24
- FREDERICK F WALTERSCorporal · Panel 60E, Line 5
From Barberton
- GENE THOMAS DAVISPrivate First Class · November 9, 1965
- BILLY CLARENCE DEWEESEPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- JESSE EARL PETERSONPrivate First Class · February 17, 1966
- FREDERICK ANTHONY WENTZPrivate · April 5, 1966
- WILLIAM LEE ROBERTSONStaff Sergeant · July 12, 1966
- CHARLES L BOLINGSpecialist Four · October 16, 1966
- JERRY PETER WYNNECorporal · August 27, 1967
- DALLAS EUGENE THOMPSONSecond Lieutenant · August 28, 1967
- WILLIAM EARL MAXWELLPrivate First Class · April 12, 1968
- EDDIE JOE WHITESergeant · April 30, 1968
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.