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MURIL STEVEN COLE
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
August 25, 1950 – October 1, 1969
Service recordMuril Steven Cole, of Omaha, Nebraska, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 1, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 21
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)
- Born
- August 25, 1950
- Home of record
- Omaha, Nebraska (Douglas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 1, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date October 1, 1969; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 21
- FRANKLIN DALE SCHOPPECorporal · September 30, 1969
- PHILIP PAUL TOMASZEWSKISpecialist Four · September 30, 1969
- HERBERT WALTERPrivate First Class · September 30, 1969
- TERRY LYNN BERNEYStaff Sergeant · October 1, 1969
From Omaha
- WAYNE ELLSWORTH MARCHANDStaff Sergeant · April 8, 1962
- GERALD CHARLES GRIFFINLieutenant · October 6, 1962
- PAUL RICHARD SMITHFirst Lieutenant · July 6, 1963
- HAROLD WILLIAM SHRADERStaff Sergeant · August 9, 1965
- WILLIAM DENNIS PINEGARPrivate First Class · October 6, 1965
- RICHARD RAY BIGLEYLance Corporal · November 22, 1965
- RONALD LEE GERRYPrivate First Class · January 5, 1966
- ALLEN CHARLES BAILEYLance Corporal · March 4, 1966
- MACK ROYAL SANDERSPrivate First Class · May 12, 1966
- RICHARD THOMAS PERRINCaptain · June 27, 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.