1LT US Army
Just a few days after being commissioned from ROTC into the US Army as a 2LT and also a few days short of graduation from Bowie State University, he was murdered. He was posthumously promoted in 2020 to 1LT.
He was predeceased by his paternal grandfather, also a murder victim, Richard Wilbur Collins Sr, and his paternal grandmother, Carrie Lucinda Smith Collins. He was survived by his parents; his sister; his maternal grandparents; and many aunts, uncles, and cousins.
Visitation and funeral services were held on Friday, May 26, 2017, at First Baptist Church of Glenarden, Upper Marlboro, MD.
Pending an exception to current Army burial regulations, 1LT Collins will be interred at Arlington National Cemetery.
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Just a few days after being commissioned from ROTC into the US Army as a 2LT and also a few days short of graduation from Bowie State University, he was murdered. He was posthumously promoted in 2020 to 1LT.
He was predeceased by his paternal grandfather, also a murder victim, Richard Wilbur Collins Sr, and his paternal grandmother, Carrie Lucinda Smith Collins. He was survived by his parents; his sister; his maternal grandparents; and many aunts, uncles, and cousins.
Visitation and funeral services were held on Friday, May 26, 2017, at First Baptist Church of Glenarden, Upper Marlboro, MD.
Pending an exception to current Army burial regulations, 1LT Collins will be interred at Arlington National Cemetery.
BLM
1LT US Army
Just a few days after being commissioned from ROTC into the US Army as a 2LT and also a few days short of graduation from Bowie State University, he was murdered. He was posthumously promoted in 2020 to 1LT.
He was predeceased by his paternal grandfather, also a murder victim, Richard Wilbur Collins Sr, and his paternal grandmother, Carrie Lucinda Smith Collins. He was survived by his parents; his sister; his maternal grandparents; and many aunts, uncles, and cousins.
Visitation and funeral services were held on Friday, May 26, 2017, at First Baptist Church of Glenarden, Upper Marlboro, MD.
Pending an exception to current Army burial regulations, 1LT Collins will be interred at Arlington National Cemetery.
BLM
Just a few days after being commissioned from ROTC into the US Army as a 2LT and also a few days short of graduation from Bowie State University, he was murdered. He was posthumously promoted in 2020 to 1LT.
He was predeceased by his paternal grandfather, also a murder victim, Richard Wilbur Collins Sr, and his paternal grandmother, Carrie Lucinda Smith Collins. He was survived by his parents; his sister; his maternal grandparents; and many aunts, uncles, and cousins.
Visitation and funeral services were held on Friday, May 26, 2017, at First Baptist Church of Glenarden, Upper Marlboro, MD.
Pending an exception to current Army burial regulations, 1LT Collins will be interred at Arlington National Cemetery.
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