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GORDON EUGENE COLE
Corporal · U.S. Army
September 5, 1943 – August 14, 1968
Service recordGordon Eugene Cole, of Grand Rapids, Michigan, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on August 14, 1968, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 48W, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48W · Line 11
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Equipment Repairer (91A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- September 5, 1943
- Home of record
- Grand Rapids, Michigan (Kent County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 14, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date August 14, 1968; he was the only one lost in Kien Hoa Province that day. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 108 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 48W, Line 11
- ROBERT ARTHUR BULMERPrivate First Class · August 14, 1968
- RODRIGUEZ PEDRO J CAMACHOSpecialist Four · August 14, 1968
- GARY LEE MALOYSpecialist Four · August 14, 1968
- HAROLD LEE WHITEPrivate First Class · August 14, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RAYMOND LOUIS DANIELSSergeant · Panel 48W, Line 10
From Grand Rapids
- MILLARD RUSSELL VALERIUSCaptain · May 28, 1965
- ROBERT JEROME MORONEYCaptain · December 14, 1965
- HERMAN LEROY HUEYSergeant · February 7, 1966
- DONALD BRUCE ADAMSONSecond Lieutenant · February 23, 1966
- JERRY EMMET PARKSPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- DAVID ORIN BAILEYPrivate First Class · April 8, 1966
- GARY SCOTT FERGUSONPrivate First Class · August 3, 1966
- DAVID LAWRENCE FAUGHTPrivate First Class · August 10, 1966
- EVERETTE ARTHUR THOMPSONPrivate First Class · August 10, 1966
- MATTHEW GEORGE MIEDEMAPrivate First Class · August 25, 1966
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.