Rank: Warrant Officer
Unit: Air Cavalry Troop, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
MOS: 062B – Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor
Awards: National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Unit awards: Vietnamese Gallantry Cross with Palm device
Note: AH-1G, Tail # 67-15596, Pilot
Flight class: 68-3, Fort Wolters, Texas
Enlisted by: Reserve
Date of birth: 5-Jul-1943
Hometown: Cusseta, Georgia
Marital status: Married to Wanda J. Collins, one daughter
Campaign: Vietnam Conflict
Start of tour: 1-Jul-1968
Incident date: 21-Aug-1968
Date of casualty: 21-Aug-1968
Age at death: 25
Cause of death: Non-Hostile – Died While Missing. Helicopter Crash — Crew (MC). Aircraft loss, crash not at sea.
Douglas Woodrow Collins died from injuries received while pilot of a military aircraft which departed Vung Tau and crashed for unknown reasons. (Individual transported to 7th Surgical Hospital, Blackhorse base camp, Long Giao, where he expired.)
Two Blackhorse troopers died in this incident:
WO Douglas Woodrow Collins
SFC Dick Dale Hamilton
Location of fatality: Phuoc Tuy, South Vietnam, YS 675 735
Place of interment: Fort Benning Post Cemetery, Fort Benning, Georgia, USA
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