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EMILE COLE
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 12, 1940 – January 14, 1968
Service recordEmile Cole, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 14, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 47
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 Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- April 12, 1940
- Home of record
- Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 14, 1968
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date January 14, 1968; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 47
- ROBERT ANDREW WOZNIAKPrivate First Class · January 13, 1968
- ROGER LEE BATTPrivate First Class · January 14, 1968
- HUBBARD DON COBBPlatoon Sergeant · January 14, 1968
- ANDREW COCALance Corporal · January 14, 1968
From Baton Rouge
- THOMAS MOOREChief Master Sergeant · October 31, 1965
- GEORGE CARLTON MCCLEARYColonel · November 5, 1965
- LARRY NELSONSpecialist Four · January 19, 1966
- PHILLIP HEASE HOLMES JRMajor · June 8, 1966
- WALTER LOUIS WELLSSpecialist Four · September 22, 1966
- CARROLL GENE HOGEMANCaptain · November 26, 1966
- WILLIE GRANT JRSpecialist Four · March 21, 1967
- LEROY JOHN OLIVER KLINGPrivate First Class · November 17, 1967
- WILLIAM BRIAN HAYSCorporal · November 30, 1967
- THOMAS DALTON BABIN JRFirst Lieutenant · January 4, 1968
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.