WWII

Pryor D. Collins

Rate / Rank
TEC E4

Birthdate
September 19 1917

Date of Death
January 6 1945

Branch
US Army

Active Duty Service
April 5 1941 - January 6 1945

Significant Duty Stations

Inducted; Fort McPherson, Georgia.
835th Signal Service Battalion

Decorations & Citations

Bronze Star Medal (China May 1944)
Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal

Notes

US Army serial number 34-081-210. Graduate of Cairo High School Class of 1937. Employed by Cairo Ice Company before entering service. Brother of LT Braxton C. Collins US Army. Died from airplane crash in China, January 6, 1945. Burial; Pine Hill Cemetery, Grady County, Georgia.