Rank: Private First Class
Unit: G Troop, 2nd Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
MOS: 11B – Infantryman
Awards: Bronze Star Medal with Valor Device, Purple Heart Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Badges: Combat Infantryman Badge
Unit awards: Vietnamese Gallantry Cross with Palm device
Enlisted by: Selected Service
Date of birth: 8-Dec-1946
Hometown: Klamath Falls, Oregon
Marital status: Never Married
Campaign: Vietnam Conflict
Start of tour: 1-Dec-1966
Incident date: 5-Jun-1967
Date of casualty: 5-Jun-1967
Age at death: 20
Cause of death: Hostile, Died. Explosive Device. Other explosive device.
Francis Leo Collins died as a result of wounds received while passenger in a military vehicle on a combat operation when vehicle struck a hostile mine.
Three Blackhorse troopers died in this incident:
PFC Francis Leo Collins
SSG Charles William Kane
SP4 Willie Lee Page
Location of fatality: Quang Ngai, South Vietnam
Place of interment: Eternal Hills Memorial Gardens, Klamath Falls, Oregon, USA
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