Private First Class Columbus Marion Collins
3rd Army, 8th Corp
36th Division, 61st Brigade
2nd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery, F Battery
Born: 7/16/1914 in Palmer, Texas (Ellis County)
Died: 2/29/1944 at POW hospital camp, Kanchanaburi, Thailand
Cause of Death: Dysentery
Columbus M. Collins’ brother, Hughey, was attached to the 36th Division, 131st Field Artillery, Headquarters Battalion. Hughey Collins, born 3/30/17 in Trumbull, TX (Ellis County), saw action in the European theater in World War II.
Photo and bio of Columbus Marion Collins submitted by James Prince, grandson of Hughey Collins, grand-nephew of C.M. Collins