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MARVIN RAY COLE
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
November 5, 1947 – February 21, 1967
Service recordMarvin Ray Cole, of Ft Smith, Arkansas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 21, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 68 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 68
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- C CO 1 BN 4 MAR 9 MAB
- Born
- November 5, 1947
- Home of record
- Ft Smith, Arkansas (Sebastian County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 21, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date February 21, 1967; four of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 68
- JAMES EDWARD ADAMSSpecialist Four · February 21, 1967
- I V BOURRAGESergeant · February 21, 1967
- ROBERT EUGENE GELONEK JRPrivate First Class · February 21, 1967
- WILLIAM ALLEN GILMORESpecialist Four · February 21, 1967
From Ft Smith
- KARL EDWARD WORSTCaptain · March 2, 1966
- LEROY KOLB JRPrivate First Class · April 9, 1966
- RICHARD ALLAN MORANLieutenant Commander · August 7, 1966
- CHARLES EUGENE METCALFSpecialist Four · November 24, 1967
- DANNY RAY WESTPrivate First Class · May 1, 1968
- JOHN EDWARD RICEPrivate · July 28, 1968
- LEDELL JOHNSON JRPrivate First Class · August 4, 1968
- WILLIAM ANTHONY HANNAPetty Officer Second Class · February 28, 1969
- ELBERT JAMES SAULSSergeant First Class · March 14, 1969
- ROY ARNOLD WOMACKSergeant · March 30, 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.