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An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam.
An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam. Photo: U.S. Air Force, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Rodney D Collins.

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RODNEY D COLLINS

Captain · U.S. Air Force

March 10, 1941 – February 27, 1971

Service record

Rodney D Collins, of Hubert, North Carolina, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on February 27, 1971, in Thailand, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

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Panel 4W · Line 10

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Service

Branch
U.S. Air Force
Rank
Captain (CAPT)
Service
Regular
Born
March 10, 1941
Home of record
Hubert, North Carolina (Onslow County)

Casualty

Date of death
February 27, 1971
Age
29
Country
Thailand
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Accident
Circumstance
Unknown

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What was happening

14 names on the Wall carry the date February 27, 1971. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The record places this loss in Thailand, outside South Vietnam.

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From Hubert

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.