San Francisco Chronicle 2/13/1918              <click here>

Oakdale Leader article 10/27/1920             <click here>

Modesto Daily Evening Herald 10/21/1920  <click here>

Oakland Tribune article (mentioned)            <click here>

Collins Genealogy page                                     <click here>

See  casualty list                                              <click here>

Stanley Lewis Collins - Knights Ferry, California

Army Rank: Private (1918).

Assigned Unit: 100^th Aero Squadron – 4^th Squad

Army Serial Number:

Enlisted: August 8, 1917

Remarks:  Overseas Jan. 24, 1918 – KIA

     Torpedoed on the Transport Tuscania Feb. 5, 1918

Fathers Name: Ernest Simpson Collins

     (b. Dec. 17 1866 Hayward, CA) (d. Sept. 8, 1955 Oaksdale, CA)

Mothers Name: Mary Elenda Marconi

     (b. Nov. 7, 1867 Moccasin, CA) (d. Oct. 7, 1936 Knights Ferry, CA)

Stan’s Brothers: Nelson Ernest Collins; Frank Herbert Collins

Civilian Occupation: US Postal Worker

Stan was Born: August 5, 1894 Knights Ferry, California

Died: Feb. 6, 1918 Morrison Farmhouse; Upper Killeijan, The Oa, Isle of Islay, Argyll, Scotland. Died of internal injuries and pneumonia.

Cause of Death: Enemy action in North Channel, UK, sustained mortal injuries while trying to escape sinking torpedoed ship Tuscania.

Burial: Feb. 8, 1918 Mull of Oa, Island of Islay, Scotland

      Body exhumed and relocated to America; 1920

Cemetery: Knights Ferry Cemetery, Knights Ferry, CA.

Internment Date: Oct. 23, 1920

Plot: cross the aisle from Elvina Prowse, his Fiancé whom was killed in a horse riding accident in 1917, and also next to the Collins family plot.

Note:  Oakdale California, American Legion Post named after his honor to the Stanley L. Collins Post. This American Legion Post in Oakland no longer exists.