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RICHARD WILSON COLE
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
May 8, 1946 – June 19, 1969
Service recordRichard Wilson Cole, of Winter Haven, Florida, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 19, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 86 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 86
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Supply Officer, General (4000)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- May 8, 1946
- Home of record
- Winter Haven, Florida (Polk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 19, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
57 names on the Wall carry the date June 19, 1969; three of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 86
- FREDERIC DELANO BLACKWELLSpecialist Five · June 19, 1969
- LUTHER MALCOLM CHAPPELFirst Sergeant · June 19, 1969
- HAROLD ROY CHRISTENSENSergeant · June 19, 1969
- RALPH JOHN CLIMEWarrant Officer 1 · June 19, 1969
Same unit, same day
- CALVIN GENE HUNTSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 89
- JAMES MICHAEL NESSELROTTEPrivate First Class · Panel 22W, Line 92
- BERNARD LAWRENCE PIERCEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 22W, Line 92
- VICTOR THOMAS SHAFFERSpecialist Five · Panel 22W, Line 93
From Winter Haven
- GERALD EVERETT OLSONMajor · March 13, 1966
- PETER JOSEPH STEWARTColonel · March 15, 1966
- RICHARD E HOOD JRFirst Lieutenant · June 22, 1967
- WILLIAM FORMAN ABERNETHYCaptain · July 21, 1967
- JACKIE LEE MELTONPrivate First Class · February 1, 1968
- BILLIE RAY MCCALLSergeant · February 22, 1968
- MAURICE LEO SIROISSergeant · February 29, 1968
- EDWARD ULYSES MASTERSPrivate First Class · April 6, 1968
- MICHAEL BARRY OCONNORLance Corporal · May 1, 1968
- HERBERT MARSHALL ALLENSergeant · June 19, 1968
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.