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THOMAS RUSSELL COLLINS JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 18, 1949 – July 6, 1969
Service recordThomas Russell Collins JR, of Taylor, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 6, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 69
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- April 18, 1949
- Home of record
- Taylor, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 6, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date July 6, 1969; four of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 69
- DAVID EUGENE BUTTRYPrivate First Class · July 6, 1969
- RONALD WILLIAM CARDONAStaff Sergeant · July 6, 1969
- JAMES LEE DAVISPrivate First Class · July 6, 1969
- RODNEY JEROME DELISLEPrivate First Class · July 6, 1969
From Taylor
- THEODORE GRONOWSKI JRPrivate First Class · July 21, 1966
- JOSE JULIO BOYLESSPrivate First Class · January 27, 1967
- WILLIAM MICHAEL MEYERLieutenant Colonel · April 26, 1967
- BURTON IRVING SHARPSpecialist Four · May 19, 1967
- PAUL JOSEPH PETERSENSpecialist Four · June 1, 1967
- DONALD DAVID WIELKOPOLANSpecialist Four · January 18, 1968
- JAMES ELTON FISHERPrivate First Class · March 20, 1968
- JAMES ESTILL TANKERSLEYSpecialist Four · May 10, 1969
- LARRY MICHEAL ROBINSONSpecialist Four · August 13, 1969
- ALLEN JAMES LAMSSpecialist Four · December 27, 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.