Name:
Robert Henry Collins
Rank:
Private
Serial Number:
37736074
Unit:
18th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division
Date of Death:
1945-04-15
State:
Kansas
Cemetery:
Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, NLD
Plot:
A
Row:
11
Grave:
28
Decoration:
Purple Heart
Comments:
When Robert Henry Collins was born on August 19, 1920, in Williamsburg, Kansas, his father, Ira, was 40 and his mother, Elsie, was 34. He had five brothers and two sisters. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II as a Private in the 18th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division. He died on April 15, 1945 and is now buried in Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial, Margraten, Eijsden-Margraten Municipality, Limburg, Netherlands.