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JOHN MATTHEW COLE
Airman Second Class · U.S. Air Force
June 18, 1946 – December 4, 1966
Service recordJohn Matthew Cole, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, served as an Airman Second Class in the U.S. Air Force. He died on December 4, 1966, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 11
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Airman Second Class (A2C)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- June 18, 1946
- Home of record
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 4, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date December 4, 1966; three of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 11
- HOWARD V MATSON JRLance Corporal · December 4, 1966
- LAWRENCE DAVID MUNGIN IIIPrivate First Class · December 4, 1966
- RONALD CHARLES OSBORNESecond Lieutenant · December 4, 1966
- JAMES MILTON WILSONPrivate First Class · December 4, 1966
From Philadelphia
- MEIR ENGELLieutenant Colonel · December 16, 1964
- MATTHEW N HARRIS JRMaster Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- ALLEN CONRAD HERTZFirst Lieutenant · June 6, 1965
- MILO BENETT STIBBINSSpecialist Five · June 11, 1965
- JOSEPH PATRICK GRUGANCorporal · June 26, 1965
- ROWLAND JOSEPH ADAMOLICorporal · August 18, 1965
- FRANK AMOS HENISSPrivate First Class · September 7, 1965
- EARL CHARLES WILLOUGHBYChief Master Sergeant · September 7, 1965
- WILLIAM A MITCHELL IIPetty Officer Third Class · September 12, 1965
- WILLIAM GREGORY MAURONEPrivate First Class · September 30, 1965
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.