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VERNEL COLLINS
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
July 17, 1934 – April 30, 1970
Service recordVernel Collins, of Blue Island, Illinois, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 30, 1970, in Kien Phong Province, South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 72 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 72
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- July 17, 1934
- Home of record
- Blue Island, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 30, 1970
- Age
- 35
- Province
- Kien Phong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date April 30, 1970; he was the only one lost in Kien Phong Province that day. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 72
- RICHARD HAROLD DAVISFirst Lieutenant · April 30, 1970
- LUTHER JAMES DOSS JRStaff Sergeant · April 30, 1970
- ROBERT FRANKLIN ELSTONSergeant · April 30, 1970
- JACK CHARLES EVERTSSpecialist Five · April 30, 1970
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD HAROLD DAVISFirst Lieutenant · Panel 11W, Line 72
From Blue Island
- LOUIS XAVIER CABRERA JRPrivate First Class · June 18, 1966
- RAMIRO MANRIQUE JRSpecialist Four · July 11, 1966
- WILLIAM WALLINGFireman · October 26, 1966
- MILTON EMMETT PRESCOTT JRSergeant · April 30, 1967
- DONALD LEE PERILLOPrivate First Class · April 4, 1968
- ROBERT ALLEN ENGELSENPetty Officer Third Class · May 1, 1968
- JAMES RAYMOND HOCKETTFirst Lieutenant · September 22, 1968
- THOMAS HARRY ROBERTSONSergeant · April 12, 1969
- WAYNE BIBBSPrivate First Class · June 11, 1972
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.