Loren Dale Collins

These awards are based on the information below and per applicable DoD Directives and Awards Manuals:
U.S. Army Good Conduct Medal Awarded for exemplary behavior, efficiency, and fidelity in active Federal military service. It is awarded on a selective basis to each Soldier who distinguishes himself or herself from among his or her fellow Soldiers by their exemplary conduct, efficiency, and fidelity throughout a specified period of continuous enlisted active Federal military service.
American Defense Service Medal Awarded for service between September 8, 1939 and December 7, 1941 under orders to active duty for a period of 12 months or longer.
 Note that this list may not include all awarded medals, devices, unit citations or qualification badges.
 **It is likely but unconfirmed that SGT Collins was awarded the Army Good Conduct Medal.

Documents, Forms and Resources Found or Not Found:
No  Eyewitness Statement or Report
Yes Grave Marker Photo(s), Find A Grave
No  National Archives Database, Enlistment Records
No  Official Regiment or Division After Action Report
No  Photo of veteran, Find A Grave
Yes QMC Form 14, Interment In the Fort Lewis Post Cemetery
No  Washington Newspaper Obit, Notice, or Report
No  WWII Draft Card Data
Yes WWII Hospital Admission Records

WWII Draft Card Data
  None Found

Pre-WWII Hospital Admission Records
Name: Loren D. Collins
Rank: Hospital Dietitians/Other
Admission Age: 25
Birth Date: abt 1916
Birth Place: Washington
Admission Date: August 1941
Admission Place: Oregon
Discharge Date: August ...
Military Branch: Engineers
Diagnosis:
  Causative Agent: Motor vehicle, passenger
Injured in Line of Duty: Not in line of duty
Length of Service: 1 - 2 Months
Service Number: 06567219

Note 1: The death location, "In Vancouver, Clark County, Washington" is based on the best information available at this time. In the case of SGT Collins, this location was verified on:

A. His Find A Grave webpage identifies his assigned unit as the 29th Engineer Battalion.

B. His QMC Form 14, Interment In the Fort Lewis, Post Cemetery document, identifies his assigned unit as Company C, 29th Engineer Battalion.

C. Hospital Admission Records indicate that SGT Collins was admitted to a hospital in Oregon and died as a passenger in a motor vehicle accident.

D. Further information on the 29th Engineer Battalion can be found at the www.history.army.mil website 29th Engineer Battalion (Wayfinders).

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The following information on this casualty is sourced from The National Archives Database:
 Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938 - 1946 (Enlistment Records)
 - No Records Found for:

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