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WILLARD MARION COLLINS
Captain · U.S. Air Force
January 21, 1929 – March 9, 1966
Service recordWillard Marion Collins, of Quincy, Illinois, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on March 9, 1966, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 131 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 131
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- 6250 CBT SPT GP
- Born
- January 21, 1929
- Home of record
- Quincy, Illinois (Adams County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 9, 1966
- Age
- 37
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date March 9, 1966; three of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “6250 CBT SPT GP”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 5E, Line 131
- CHARLES LEON DAVIDSONPlatoon Sergeant · March 9, 1966
- WILLIAM DAVID DORFMANPrivate First Class · March 9, 1966
- EDWARD FRANCIS DUNCANLance Corporal · March 9, 1966
- DAVID LEE FORCESecond Lieutenant · March 9, 1966
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT EUGENE FOSTERStaff Sergeant · Panel 5E, Line 132
From Quincy
- JOHN CRAIG ARNOLDCorporal · March 20, 1967
- GORDON SAMUEL PERISHOLieutenant Commander · December 31, 1967
- KENNETH ALFRED SPILKERPrivate First Class · January 30, 1968
- DENNIS KEITH JONESSpecialist Four · May 12, 1968
- MICHAEL EUGENE FORDSpecialist Four · May 25, 1968
- THOMAS MICHAEL WHITFIELDCorporal · November 25, 1968
- RICHARD ELMER ZIMMERMANPrivate First Class · January 12, 1969
- BRADLEY KENT GAUSCorporal · March 16, 1970
- BRUCE HAROLD BARDONPrivate First Class · April 26, 1970
- GEORGE EDWARD FOGLEMANCorporal · May 11, 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.