Collins, Frederick G.
Army Corporal

Frederick G. Collins from California, Riverside county.

Service era: World War II

Date of death: Thursday, November 19, 1942
Death details: On June 7, 2016, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) identified the remains of Corporal Frederick G. Collins Jr., missing from World War II. Corporal Collins entered the U.S. Army from California and served in the 263rd Quartermaster Company, Quartermaster Corps in Manila during the Japanese invasion of the Philippines. Following the American Surrender on Bataan in April 1942, CPL Collins was captured and forced on the Bataan Death March northward to permanent camps. He was interned first at Camp O’Donnell and later at Cabanatuan where he died on or about November 19, 1942. CPL Collins was buried in Common Grave 717 at Cabanatuan, but he was not identified from among remains that were recovered from the camp following the liberation of the Philippines. In 2014, a set of unknown remains were exhumed from Common Grave 717 and analysts used modern forensic tools to individually identify them as belonging to CPL Collins.

Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency