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TONY WAYNE COLLIER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 28, 1946 – August 19, 1967
Service recordTony Wayne Collier, of Tyler, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 19, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 15
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- October 28, 1946
- Home of record
- Tyler, Texas (Smith County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 19, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date August 19, 1967. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 50 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 15
- MARTIN WEIGNER ANDERSENMajor · August 19, 1967
- JAMES WALTER CLEMENTSPrivate First Class · August 19, 1967
- ROBERT EARL CLOWECorporal · August 19, 1967
- MAURICE CLAUDE DESCOTEAUXStaff Sergeant · August 19, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JERRY JAMES TUCKERPrivate First Class · Panel 25E, Line 17
From Tyler
- CHARLES TRUITT COURSONCorporal · March 26, 1966
- A D MOSLEYPrivate First Class · April 19, 1966
- RANDALL DUMON HOWELLStaff Sergeant · August 27, 1966
- JAMES EARL WALLACEPrivate First Class · September 8, 1966
- F G GIPSON JRLance Corporal · October 14, 1966
- JOHN EDWIN MITCHELLSpecialist Four · November 10, 1966
- RONALD RAY CONNCorporal · December 27, 1966
- PATRICK HENRY PETTWAY IISpecialist Four · February 12, 1967
- GRAHAM RAY HICKLENPrivate First Class · April 17, 1967
- ALBERT BUTLER JRPrivate First Class · June 22, 1967
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.