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CLAUDE COLE JR
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
December 8, 1944 – November 20, 1968
Service recordClaude Cole JR, of Galveston, Texas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 20, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 38W, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38W · Line 15
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- December 8, 1944
- Home of record
- Galveston, Texas (Galveston County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 20, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date November 20, 1968; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 38W, Line 15
- THOMAS JOHN BURTONPrivate First Class · November 20, 1968
- MICHAEL WILLIAM CLIFFORDSpecialist Four · November 20, 1968
- TERRY W CLIFTONSpecialist Four · November 20, 1968
- WILBERT EVANE COLEMANSpecialist Four · November 20, 1968
From Galveston
- HERMAN WILLIAM SILVEEPrivate First Class · August 1, 1965
- JOE CHARLES LILE IISpecialist Four · February 24, 1966
- WALTER MULLER JRSergeant · August 12, 1966
- FELIX RICO RAMOS JRLance Corporal · August 21, 1966
- RICHARD ALAN NANCEAirman First Class · October 25, 1966
- MARION LEE KEMPNERSecond Lieutenant · November 11, 1966
- RICHARD GARCIAPrivate First Class · January 30, 1967
- GREGORY C CLEMENTCaptain · February 23, 1967
- ARMANDO GALLARDOCorporal · April 24, 1967
- FRANK HENRY BERAN IIILance Corporal · May 20, 1967
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.