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BILLY JOE COLE
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 4, 1937 – April 16, 1968
Service recordBilly Joe Cole, of Guthrie, Kentucky, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 16, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 50E, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50E · Line 12
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- May 4, 1937
- Home of record
- Guthrie, Kentucky (Todd County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 16, 1968
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
74 names on the Wall carry the date April 16, 1968; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 79 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 50E, Line 12
- DAVID DEE BROWN JRPrivate First Class · April 16, 1968
- DANIEL KIETH CHRISTIANLance Corporal · April 16, 1968
- ROBERT DANIEL CICIOLance Corporal · April 16, 1968
- WILLIAM FRANK COLEMANPrivate First Class · April 16, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM GEORGE HULWI JRSergeant · Panel 50E, Line 15
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.