Name:
Leon Anthony Collins
Rank:
Private First Class
Serial Number:
467926
Unit:
United States Marine Corps
Date of Death:
1944-07-22
State:
Vermont
Cemetery:
Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii, USA
Plot:
Courts of the Missing
Row:
Grave:
Decoration:
Purple Heart
Comments:
Leon Anthony Collins was born on February 17, 1925, in Waterbury, Washington County, Vermont. He was the son of Clifford C. Collins and Edith Morris Collins.
He served in the Prisoner of War and Military Police Detachment, United States Marine Corps as a Private First Class during World War II. He was declared as Missing in Action on July 22, 1944, during the Battle for Guam.