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THOMAS EDWARD COLLINS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 30, 1933 – May 30, 1966
Service recordThomas Edward Collins, of New York, New York, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 30, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 126 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 126
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- October 30, 1933
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 30, 1966
- Age
- 32
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date May 30, 1966. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 126
- DARROL OREN NELSONSpecialist Five · May 30, 1966
- CHARLES EDWARD NICASTROCorporal · May 30, 1966
- JOHN ROBERT RIDDLESergeant · May 30, 1966
- BOBBY JOE ALBERTONChief Master Sergeant · May 31, 1966
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.