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West Virginia Veterans Database Record Detail
Item Details: Record Id: 4087
War: WWII
Name: James Gordon Collins
Sex: M
Race:
County: Preston
Community: Bruceton Mills
Branch of Service: Navy
Rank: PM2C
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Date of Death: 1945/03/14
Place of Death: Iwo Jima
Cause of Death:
Place of Burial: Grafton National Cemetery
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Date of Birth: 1925/07/06
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Father:

 Charles T. Collins
Mother: Martha May Collins
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Date Added to Memorial:  Original
Source: WV Vet Mem Application; Preston Co. Journal - death notice - 1944/05/17; Grafton News - reburial notice - 1948/4/19; Find a Grave
Notes: Graduate of Bruceton Mills HS; Purple Heart; Buried at Plot B,O 1569
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