Obituaries: John Porter Collins, 1942, Winn Parish, LA Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483 ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** From: June 26, 1942 Winnfield News-American John Porter Collins Reported Missing John Porter Collins, son of Mr. and Mrs. Grady M. Collins of Minden, was among those seamen reported missing, according to the Navy Department's casualty list number five, released Tuesday. Grady M. Collins, father of the missing seaman, is a native of Winn Parish and the son of the late Dr. and Mrs. A. P. Collins. Young Collins was chief machinist's mate in the U. S. Navy.