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WILLIAM EDWARD COLLUM
Captain · U.S. Army
July 6, 1948 – April 23, 1971
Service recordWilliam Edward Collum, of Jacksonville, Florida, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on April 23, 1971, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 4
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- July 6, 1948
- Home of record
- Jacksonville, Florida (Duval County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 23, 1971
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date April 23, 1971; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1971, 292 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 57 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 4
- EDWARD WALTER CORCORANSpecialist Four · April 23, 1971
- JAMES RONALD FIRKUSFirst Lieutenant · April 23, 1971
- NORMAN CHARLES FISCHERSpecialist Four · April 23, 1971
- FIDENCIO FLORES JRSpecialist Four · April 23, 1971
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL LEE BRUMMERSpecialist Five · Panel 3W, Line 3
- JAMES RONALD FIRKUSFirst Lieutenant · Panel 3W, Line 4
From Jacksonville
- LOYE THOMAS CHRISTMASPrivate First Class · January 17, 1964
- WYLEY WRIGHT JRSpecialist Five · March 9, 1964
- OTIS GORDON JRMajor · November 19, 1964
- HORACE CLEVELAND COLLINSSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- JAMES HENRY KINGSergeant First Class · October 6, 1965
- RODNEY CARSWELL HARRISPrivate First Class · November 1, 1965
- HENRY TUCKER CANNONSergeant First Class · November 8, 1965
- NATHANIEL BYRDSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- WILLIE FRANK GODBOLDTSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- ALEXANDER WILLIAMSSergeant · November 15, 1965
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.