Rank: Specialist 4
Unit: Headquarters & Headquarters Troop, 3rd Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
MOS: 31B – Field Communications Electronics Equipment Mechanic
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Unit awards: Vietnamese Gallantry Cross with Palm device
Enlisted by: Selected Service
Date of birth: 14-Apr-1948
Hometown: North Bay, New York
Marital status: Never Married
Campaign: Vietnam Conflict
Entered service: 15-Feb-1968
Start of tour: 23-Jul-1968
Incident date: 11-Jun-1969
Date of casualty: 11-Jun-1969
Age at death: 21
Cause of death: Hostile, Died. Artillery/Mortar/Rocket. Artillery, rocket, or mortar.
Carlos Manuel Collazo was killed while at a night defensive position when the area came under rocket attack by a hostile force. / At night defensive position (NDP). Area came under hostile rocket attack.
Location of fatality: Binh Long, South Vietnam, XT 815 906
Place of interment: Long Island National Cemetery, East Farmingdale, New York, USA
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