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Personal info

Full name
COLLINS, Elmer Worth Jr
Date of birth
11 January 1926
Age
19
Place of birth
Johnson County, Kentucky
Hometown
Ontario County, New York

Military service

Service number
42115661
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
417th Infantry Regiment,
76th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
5 March 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Trier, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
C 8 25

Immediate family

Members
Elmer W. Collins (father)
Viola (Sturgill) Collins (mother)
Venus Collins (sister)
Helen Collins (sister)
Floyd Collins (brother)
Gladys Collins (sister)
Francis R. Collins (brother)

More information

Pfc Elmer W. Collins enlisted at Fort Dix, New Jersey on 12 April 1944.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census, Headstone and Interment Records
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - soilsister