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EMERSON PAUL COLE
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 4, 1947 – March 28, 1968
Service recordEmerson Paul Cole, of Findlay, Ohio, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 28, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 46E, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46E · Line 56
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Heavy Anti-Armor Weapons Infantryman (11H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- April 4, 1947
- Home of record
- Findlay, Ohio (Hancock County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 28, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date March 28, 1968; two of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 188 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 46E, Line 56
- PAUL DAVID KUEHLPrivate First Class · March 28, 1968
- LARRY CLARENCE KYARSpecialist Four · March 28, 1968
- FRANKLIN D LACEYPrivate First Class · March 28, 1968
- ROBERT ALAN LAFOUNTAINPrivate First Class · March 28, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WALTER GENE WILSONPrivate First Class · Panel 46E, Line 60
From Findlay
- JOHN PETER BARTLEYCaptain · February 3, 1963
- SAMUEL THEODORE BAKERPrivate First Class · October 19, 1965
- JAMES LEE TWEEDSergeant · September 9, 1967
- MICHAEL JOHN KELLYPrivate First Class · February 15, 1968
- BARRY DAVID LORDPrivate First Class · April 13, 1968
- ROBERT CARL HARTLEYPrivate First Class · July 18, 1968
- ROBERT LINLEY GARDNERTechnical Sergeant · July 30, 1968
- TIMOTHY HOWARD WEAKSPrivate First Class · November 4, 1968
- JOSEPH EDWARD STRAWBRIDGESpecialist Four · December 29, 1968
- THOMAS ELDEN ROSESpecialist Four · July 19, 1969
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.