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ROBERT ORVILLE COLLINS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 30, 1950 – February 4, 1970
Service recordRobert Orville Collins, of Eskdale, West Virginia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 4, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 100 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 100
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Cannon Crewmember (13B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- April 30, 1950
- Home of record
- Eskdale, West Virginia (Kanawha County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 4, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date February 4, 1970; four of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 54 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 100
- PATRICK LERVILLE COLEPrivate First Class · February 4, 1970
- ROOSEVELT GEORGE DOCKERYCorporal · February 4, 1970
- LAWRENCE NORMOND DUBIAMaster Sergeant · February 4, 1970
- LARRY EUGENE DYERPrivate First Class · February 4, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DUANE CLIFFORD LARSONSpecialist Four · Panel 14W, Line 99
- PATRICK LERVILLE COLEPrivate First Class · Panel 14W, Line 100
- ROOSEVELT GEORGE DOCKERYCorporal · Panel 14W, Line 100
- MICHAEL LLOYD NEUDAHLSpecialist Four · Panel 14W, Line 101
- GERALD DOUGLAS TOMLINSONCorporal · Panel 14W, Line 102
- ROBERT LYNN UFFORDStaff Sergeant · Panel 14W, Line 102
From Eskdale
- MICHAEL ROBERT NORTONSergeant First Class · November 2, 1969
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.