WWI

Willie H. Collins, Jr.

Rate / Rank
Private

Birthdate
February 20 1899

Date of Death
July 22 1918

Branch
US Army

Active Duty Service
January 18 1917 - July 22 1918

Conflicts & Campaigns

American Expeditionary Forces (France) December 24, 1917 - July 22, 1918
Battle of Cantigny - May 28, 1918
Battle of Soissons July 18-22, 1918

Significant Duty Stations

Company C, 23 Infantry Regiment, Texas City January 18, 1917 to April 3, 1917; Company I, 28th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Brigade, 1st Infantry Division April 3, 1918 to July 22, 1918

Notes

Born; Grady County, Georgia. Enlisted; Regular Army, Fort Thomas, Kentucky. US Army service number 10-602-2. Home of record; Cairo, Grady County, Georgia. Wounded at Battle of Soissons, France, July 19, 1918, and died from those wounds, July 22, 1918. Person notified of death, William H. Collins, Sr. (Father) Burial; Baggett Cemetery, Cairo, Georgia.