Edwin Wesley Collins

Korean War
Service #AF18360638
Unit6166 AIR WEATHER RCN SQ 67 TAC RCN WING
RankAirman First Class U.S. Air Force
Date of DeathFebruary 22 1952
StatusMissing In Action
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
8
Air Medal
Korean Service Medal
National Defense Service Medal
Purple Heart
Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation
Republic of Korea War Service Medal
United Nations Service Medal
Airman First Class Collins was awarded the Air Medal, the Purple Heart, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Korean Presidential Unit Citation and the Republic of Korea War Service Medal.
Notes
Airman First Class Collins was a crew member of a RB-26C Invader bomber with the 6166th Weather Reconnaissance Squadron, 67th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing. On February 22, 1952, while on a weather reconnaissance mission over Pyongyang, North Korea, contact with the aircraft was lost. He was listed as Missing in Action and was presumed dead on December 31, 1953. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.