JC

John Walter Collins

Colonel Army World War II

Army
Army
Colonel
Colonel
3rd Infantry Division
3rd Infantry Division
Branch of Service
Army
Rank
Colonel
Unit
3rd Infantry Division
Conflict / Era
World War II
Years of Service
1940
Date of Birth
12/28/1923
Date of Death
07/22/1997
Hometown
UNKNOWN, OH
Burial Location
Forest Grove, Madison County
Monument Paver
No
Overseas Service
Philippines
Reserve Service
1940
Township (entering service)
UNKNOWN
Township (current / at death)
UNKNOWN
School
UNKNOWN
Record Authenticated
No

Biography

Overseas service: Philippines. School: UNKNOWN. Sergeant in Army, Colonel in Reserves; went into the Army with Jack Smart; trained in Fort Hood, Texas with Jack Smart

Source: Veteran information taken from HEROES FROM THE HEARTLAND (C. Robinson Bartow, 2002), p. 47; No DD-214 recorded as of 10/12/2007 | Ancestry - Find A Grave