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An airman lights a candle during POW/MIA recognition week at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina. Photo: A1C Aaron Jenne, U.S. Air Force, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Theothis Collins.

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THEOTHIS COLLINS

Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps

September 27, 1949 – August 19, 1968

Service record

Theothis Collins, of Asbury Park, New Jersey, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 19, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 48W, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

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Panel 48W · Line 52

Position of Panel 48W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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Service

Branch
U.S. Marine Corps
Rank
Lance Corporal (LCPL)
Service
Regular
Occupation
Rifleman (0311)
Unit (as recorded)
F CO 2 BN 1 MAR 1 MARDIV
Born
September 27, 1949
Home of record
Asbury Park, New Jersey (Monmouth County)

Casualty

Date of death
August 19, 1968
Age
18
Province
Quang Tri
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Explosive Device
Remains
Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record

Context · from the records

What was happening

56 names on the Wall carry the date August 19, 1968; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.

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From Asbury Park

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.