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Norman Keith Collins, popularly known as Sailor Jerry, was born January 14th 1911 Reno, Washoe County, Nevada.

Father was Samuel James Collins ( 1880 -1927)

On November 3rd,1928, at the age of 19, Collins enlisted in the United States Navy as an S1 US Seaman and was discharged nearly 4 years later on January 14th, 1932.

Collins died three days after returning home from a motorcycle trip of a heart attack on June 12th 1973. He was buried in Honolulu on June 15th

Collins suffered from a heart attack while on a motorcycle trip and died three days later on June 12th, 1973. He was buried in Honolulu County, Honolulu, Hawaii at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.