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ROBERT KNAPP COLLINS
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 24, 1944 – December 8, 1965
Service recordRobert Knapp Collins, of Eugene, Oregon, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 8, 1965, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 1
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Artillery Scout Observer (0846)
- Unit (as recorded)
- C BTRY 1 BN 12 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- May 24, 1944
- Home of record
- Eugene, Oregon (Lane County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 8, 1965
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date December 8, 1965; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1965, 326 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 1
- ROBERT WAYNE WRANOSKYCaptain · December 7, 1965
- RONALD M CANTERCaptain · December 8, 1965
- JOHN THOMAS CORLECorporal · December 8, 1965
- ARTHUR EDWARD HICKMANSergeant First Class · December 8, 1965
From Eugene
- JOHN DAVID MUSGROVECaptain · October 4, 1965
- ROBERT S SHRIVER JRSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- SELWIN DEROY WISDOMLieutenant Colonel · January 17, 1966
- RONALD ARTHUR HEINTZPetty Officer Second Class · September 22, 1966
- WILLIAM RICHARD ANDREWSLieutenant Colonel · October 5, 1966
- JAMES WARREN CARTWRIGHTSergeant · May 23, 1967
- ARTHUR ALBERT ERWINSpecialist Four · July 10, 1967
- ROBERT HOMER HARDENBROOKStaff Sergeant · August 1, 1967
- RONALD JOSEPH CARTWRIGHTPrivate First Class · October 7, 1967
- WILLIAM GUY MUIRPrivate First Class · November 11, 1967
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.