Garland W. Collier

World War II
Service #39849456
Unit506th Parachute Infantry Regt, 101st Airborne Division
RankSergeant U.S. Army
Entered Service From Arizona
Date of DeathOctober 5 1944
StatusRecovered
Memorialized
Tablets of the Missing
Bronze Star
Purple Heart
Bronze Star, Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster
Notes

Through the work of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, the remains of Sergeant Garland W. Collier were accounted for in 2022. His name is permanently inscribed on the “Tablets of the Missing” at the Netherlands American Cemetery.

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.