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PATRICK LERVILLE COLE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 27, 1950 – February 4, 1970
Service recordPatrick Lerville Cole, of New York, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 4, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 100 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 100
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 27, 1950
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 4, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date February 4, 1970; four of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 54 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 100
- ROBERT ORVILLE COLLINSSergeant · February 4, 1970
- ROOSEVELT GEORGE DOCKERYCorporal · February 4, 1970
- LAWRENCE NORMOND DUBIAMaster Sergeant · February 4, 1970
- LARRY EUGENE DYERPrivate First Class · February 4, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DUANE CLIFFORD LARSONSpecialist Four · Panel 14W, Line 99
- ROBERT ORVILLE COLLINSSergeant · Panel 14W, Line 100
- ROOSEVELT GEORGE DOCKERYCorporal · Panel 14W, Line 100
- MICHAEL LLOYD NEUDAHLSpecialist Four · Panel 14W, Line 101
- GERALD DOUGLAS TOMLINSONCorporal · Panel 14W, Line 102
- ROBERT LYNN UFFORDStaff Sergeant · Panel 14W, Line 102
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 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.