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Personal info

Full name
COLLINS, Patrick Crisler
Date of birth
3 December 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
McAlester, Pittsburg County, Oklahoma
Hometown
Cook County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
O-1284475
Rank
First Lieutenant
Function
unknown
Unit
C Company,
1st Battalion,
504th Parachute Infantry Regiment,
82nd Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
21 December 1944
Place of death
Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
C 14 55

Immediate family

Members
Robert D. Collins (father)
Lola M. (Crisler) Collins (mother)
Gloria Collins (sister)
Linda L. Collins (sister)
Monde L. Collins (sister)

Source of information: Tjarco Schuurman, Kathy McDermott, WW2-Airborne.us, NARA, www.wwiimemorial.com, ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. Draft Cards for Young Men / 1930 Census

Photo source: Peter Schouteten