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Personal info

Full name
COLLINS, Lacy
Date of birth
1 April 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Virginia
Hometown
Washington, District of Columbia

Military service

Service number
33154363
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
22nd Infantry Regiment,
4th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
17 September 1944
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
H 5 40

Immediate family

Members
Walter M. Collins (father)
Alta V. Collins (mother)
Lucille (Perkins) Collins (wife)

More information

Lacy Collins enlisted on 3 March 1942.

He was initially buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Foy, Belgium.

Source of information: Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.findagrave.com, www.ancestry.com - 1930 census / - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil

Photo source: Peter Schouteten