The Wall › Panel 39W › Massachusetts › John Henry Cole
JOHN HENRY COLE
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
March 9, 1948 – November 10, 1968
Service recordJohn Henry Cole, of South Boston, Massachusetts, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 10, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · Line 42
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (1371)
- Born
- March 9, 1948
- Home of record
- South Boston, Massachusetts (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 10, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date November 10, 1968; seven of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 39W, Line 42
- LARRY JAMES WOLOSONOWICHPrivate First Class · November 9, 1968
- JOSEPH EDWARD AMEJKAPrivate First Class · November 10, 1968
- JOHNNY MAC ANDERSONCorporal · November 10, 1968
- THOMAS LEE CARTERCaptain · November 10, 1968
From South Boston
- FRANK CHARLES HUBICSAKPrivate First Class · September 23, 1966
- JOHN CALDWELL CALHOUNLance Corporal · January 7, 1968
- JOHN PAUL JACOBSCorporal · February 7, 1968
- JAMES JOSEPH STEWARTPrivate First Class · February 15, 1968
- BURTON W PETERSON JRLance Corporal · April 5, 1968
- JOSEPH FRANCIS DESMONDPrivate First Class · November 8, 1968
- RICHARD JOHN BOROVICKSpecialist Four · January 2, 1969
- DONALD JOHN TURNERLance Corporal · January 21, 1969
- JOSEPH JOHN AGRI JRLance Corporal · April 19, 1969
- BRIAN RICHARD KELLYPrivate First Class · June 2, 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.