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PHELON HERMAN COLE
Corporal · U.S. Army
January 31, 1947 – January 8, 1968
Service recordPhelon Herman Cole, of Tacoma, Washington, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on January 8, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 33E, Line 81 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33E · Line 81
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. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- January 31, 1947
- Home of record
- Tacoma, Washington (Pierce County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 8, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
101 names on the Wall carry the date January 8, 1968; four of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 169 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33E, Line 81
- FREDDIE ANDRAY BLACKBURNMaster Sergeant · January 8, 1968
- DELL ROSS CLAIBORNEPetty Officer Third Class · January 8, 1968
- DENVER DEWEY COLBURN JRCaptain · January 8, 1968
- ROBERT MICHAEL CRAMERMajor · January 8, 1968
Same unit, same day
- FREDDIE ANDRAY BLACKBURNMaster Sergeant · Panel 33E, Line 81
- LARRY GENE DEARINGPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 82
From Tacoma
- LOUIE GENE FRITTSPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- JOHN SHAW SABINE IVCaptain · March 30, 1966
- EDGARDO CACERESLance Corporal · May 12, 1966
- HOWARD ANTHONY MESOYEDZGunnery Sergeant · June 2, 1966
- GARY RICHARD HOLTPrivate First Class · June 24, 1966
- JIMMY GENE BRAISPrivate First Class · August 10, 1966
- THOMAS MICHAEL MOORESeaman Apprentice · November 1, 1966
- RAY NIXONSergeant · February 26, 1967
- DONALD L PENDERSergeant · February 26, 1967
- MAX PAUL STARKELCaptain · March 23, 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.