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RICHARD GLEN COLLINS
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
January 15, 1943 – November 5, 1966
Service recordRichard Glen Collins, of Altadena, California, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 5, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 27
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- January 15, 1943
- Home of record
- Altadena, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 5, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date November 5, 1966. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 38 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 27
- JOHN R CANIFFSpecialist Four · November 5, 1966
- DAVID LAWRENCE CARLSONPrivate First Class · November 5, 1966
- WILLIAM LUTHER DENMANPrivate First Class · November 5, 1966
- LEX ELSWICKSpecialist Four · November 5, 1966
- LYNN JORDAN RUSSELLSpecialist Four · November 5, 1966
Same unit, same day
- DALLAS GEORGE GRUNDYPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 28
- DOUGLAS EARL MURRAYSergeant · Panel 12E, Line 29
From Altadena
- JOHN ROBERT HILLStaff Sergeant · February 24, 1969
- DAVID ROBERT MORGANSergeant · March 7, 1969
- JAMES WILLIE WILSONPrivate · April 14, 1969
- AMMONS EWING SMITH JRPrivate First Class · May 1, 1969
- DANIEL ALAN FREYCorporal · February 12, 1970
- CLEVE DAVIS MILLERSpecialist Four · April 16, 1970
- DOUGLAS HARVARD YUKISpecialist Four · September 28, 1970
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.