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RONALD CHARLES COLLINS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 16, 1951 – December 15, 1969
Service recordRonald Charles Collins, of Flora, Indiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 15, 1969, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 58
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. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- January 16, 1951
- Home of record
- Flora, Indiana (Carroll County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 15, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date December 15, 1969; five of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 58
- FARRISH COMBSCorporal · December 15, 1969
- DANIEL MILLARD DAWSONSpecialist Four · December 15, 1969
- JAMES MICHAEL GRANTStaff Sergeant · December 15, 1969
- DEE AARON HYDENChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 15, 1969
Same unit, same day
- FARRISH COMBSCorporal · Panel 15W, Line 58
- DANIEL MILLARD DAWSONSpecialist Four · Panel 15W, Line 58
- JAMES PATRICK NUGENTPrivate First Class · Panel 15W, Line 59
- JOHN ROCHEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 15W, Line 60
From Flora
- JAMES TERRY ABBOTTSpecialist Six · January 11, 1971
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.