Military Involvement

Servicemen * Co - surnames

Glen Vernon Collins was born Oct. 22, 1928 to Clifford R. and Eunice Crowder Collins. He died Oct. 24, 1989 and is buried in Hazel Dell Cemetery, Council Bluffs, IA.

MSgt. Collins served with the U.S. Army in World War II and Korea.

Source: ancestry.com

James Perry Collins was born Jan. 2, 1900 to William Edward and Melvina Baumann Collins. He died Mar. 27, 1942 and is memorialized at the Tablets of the Missing, East Coast Memorial, New York, NY.

Petty Officer Collins served in World War II with the U.S. Navy aboard the USS Atik (AK-101) and was MIA/FOD/KIA when that vessel was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean. He was awarded the Purple Heart.

Source: ancestry.com

ServiceMen Research done by WWII Researcher, Pat Holt Juon, Mar 2019; updated May 2024