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NATHAN JOHN COLE JR
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 3, 1943 – January 8, 1966
Service recordNathan John Cole JR, of Youngstown, Ohio, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 8, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 58
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- March 3, 1943
- Home of record
- Youngstown, Ohio (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 8, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date January 8, 1966; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1966, 401 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 58
- DONALD RAY BLAIRCaptain · January 8, 1966
- RONALD EDWARD JAHNKEPrivate First Class · January 8, 1966
- JOHN LEO ROBINSONPrivate First Class · January 8, 1966
- MICHAEL VINCENT TIMMONSPrivate First Class · January 8, 1966
From Youngstown
- ROBERT G WRIGHTStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- PAUL ELROY HELSEL JRSpecialist Four · February 27, 1966
- JAMES EDWIN PROMMERSBERGERSergeant · April 16, 1966
- AMALIO GONZALEZPrivate First Class · April 25, 1966
- CHARLES EDWARD FRANKLINColonel · August 14, 1966
- CHARLES F AZARA JRLance Corporal · August 24, 1966
- JOHN FRANCIS BURNSLance Corporal · October 20, 1966
- DONALD ALLEN JACKSONPrivate First Class · November 16, 1966
- WALTER SUHARMajor · November 26, 1966
- JOHN JOSEPH BENTFELDPrivate First Class · February 2, 1967
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.