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RAY COLLINS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 23, 1940 – September 19, 1967
Service recordRay Collins, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 19, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 92 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26E · Line 92
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- April 23, 1940
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 19, 1967
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date September 19, 1967; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26E, Line 92
- ELMER NEAL DAVISPrivate · September 19, 1967
- MARSHALL COLIN FARLEYSpecialist Four · September 19, 1967
- ROBERT ELMER FOLSOMLance Corporal · September 19, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ELMER NEAL DAVISPrivate · Panel 26E, Line 92
- MARSHALL COLIN FARLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 26E, Line 92
- CHARLES MILTONSpecialist Four · Panel 26E, Line 93
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 1965
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.