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THOMAS TIMOTHY COLLINS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 29, 1950 – July 11, 1971
Service recordThomas Timothy Collins, of Framingham, Massachusetts, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 11, 1971, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 106 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 106
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- September 29, 1950
- Home of record
- Framingham, Massachusetts (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 11, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date July 11, 1971; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In July 1971, 118 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 106
- DANIEL GENE DORMANSpecialist Four · July 11, 1971
- MICHAEL EUGENE LUKOWChief Warrant Officer 2 · July 11, 1971
- LANCE DAVIS WORKMANFirst Lieutenant · July 11, 1971
- CURTIS GLENN VANWINKLESergeant · July 12, 1971
Same unit, same day
- LANCE DAVIS WORKMANFirst Lieutenant · Panel 3W, Line 106
From Framingham
- ALLEN ROBERT LOANESecond Lieutenant · September 27, 1967
- STANLEY JOSEPH YUREWICZSergeant · November 30, 1967
- DONALD DAVID CROWTHERPrivate First Class · May 15, 1968
- BARRY LOWEPrivate First Class · June 9, 1968
- KEVIN JOHN JOYCESpecialist · July 15, 1968
- CARL DANIEL WAKEFIELDCorporal · August 2, 1968
- GORDON A SKINNER IICaptain · August 16, 1968
- DAVID FREDERICK SLEEPERSergeant · August 26, 1968
- FRANCIS C SULLIVAN JRSpecialist Four · December 31, 1968
- PAUL MATTHEW CAHILLSpecialist Four · April 5, 1970
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.