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WILLIAM ANDERSON COLLINS
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
July 10, 1929 – November 18, 1967
Service recordWilliam Anderson Collins, of Pembroke, North Carolina, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 18, 1967, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 38. His name is inscribed on Panel 30E, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30E · Line 14
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Anti-Armor Weapons Infantryman (11H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- July 10, 1929
- Home of record
- Pembroke, North Carolina (Robeson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 18, 1967
- Age
- 38
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date November 18, 1967; 14 of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 212 of its members that month.
He died in Kon Tum Province while the Battle of Đắk Tô was under way. Around Đắk Tô in the Central Highlands (3–23 November 1967), the 4th Infantry Division and the 173rd Airborne Brigade fought North Vietnamese regiments for the hills along the border, ending with the assault on Hill 875 on Thanksgiving Day. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Read the history
Also on Panel 30E, Line 14
- SAMUEL LEE CARMICHAELPrivate First Class · November 18, 1967
- MICHAEL ANDREW CRABTREECaptain · November 18, 1967
- JAMES ALBERT DAILEYSpecialist Four · November 18, 1967
- OSCAR MOISE DARDEAU JRColonel · November 18, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DOUGLAS BRUCE BAUMSergeant · Panel 30E, Line 13
- SAMUEL LEE CARMICHAELPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 14
- MICHAEL ANDREW CRABTREECaptain · Panel 30E, Line 14
- JOSEPH FRANCIS DYER JRPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 15
- RAYMOND GARCIA JRPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 15
- RICHARD DALE MCGHEECorporal · Panel 30E, Line 17
- DOUGLAS GRAHAM MAGRUDERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 30E, Line 18
- THOMAS JAY RILEYSpecialist Four · Panel 30E, Line 18
- CHARLES HARVEY ROBINSONCorporal · Panel 30E, Line 19
- IGNACIO TORRES JRSergeant · Panel 30E, Line 20
- LEONARD B WASHINGTON JRPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 20
- HARRY CONARD WILSON IISpecialist Four · Panel 30E, Line 21
From Pembroke
- BRADLEY CHAVISSpecialist Four · February 26, 1967
- GLEN LOCKLEARMaster Sergeant · October 11, 1967
- CHARLES HEDRIC OXENDINESpecialist Four · February 7, 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.