Jimmie D. Collins III

World War II
Service #O-819966
Unit707th Bomber Squadron, 446th Bomber Group, Heavy
RankSecond Lieutenant U.S. Army Air Forces
Entered Service From Alabama
Date of DeathJune 21 1944
StatusRecovered
Memorialized
Tablets of the Missing
707th Bomber Squadron, 446th Bomber Group, Heavy
Air Medal
Purple Heart
Air Medal, Purple Heart

Notes
2LT Collins' name is permanently inscribed on the Tablets of the Missing at the Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial. His remains have been recovered and identified. 2LT Collins remains are interred at a private cemetery in Alabama.
rosetta medal
When an individual’s remains have been accounted for by the U.S. Department of Defense, a rosette is placed next to the name on the Wall/Tablet/Court of the Missing to mark that the person now rests in a known gravesite.