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--- General / Personal ---
Last name: COLLINS
First name: RALPH RAYMOND JR
Home of Record (official): BARBERTON
State (official): OH
Date of Birth: Friday, August 1, 1947
Sex: Male
Race: Caucasian
Marital Status: Single
--- Military ---
Branch: Army
Rank: SGT
Serial Number: 51827346
Component: Selective Service
Posthumous promotion as indicated
Pay grade: E4
MOS (Military Occupational Specialty code): 11B20
11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
C Troop 1st Squadron
--- Action ---
Start of Tour: Friday, October 27, 1967
Date of Casualty: Monday, May 13, 1968
Age at time of loss: 20
Casualty type: (A1) Hostile, died
Reason: Gun, small arms fire (Ground casualty)
Country: South Vietnam
Province: Long Khanh
The Wall: Panel 59E - Row 019
--- Interment ---
Greenlawn Cemetery
(Greenlawn Memorial Park Cemetery)
2580 Romig Rd
Akron, OH 44320
(330) 745-4515
Section C, Lot 85, Grave 4