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ROBERT KENNETH COLE
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
July 7, 1950 – May 18, 1970
Service recordRobert Kenneth Cole, of Richmond, Indiana, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on May 18, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 60
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- July 7, 1950
- Home of record
- Richmond, Indiana (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 18, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date May 18, 1970; five of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 170 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 60
- MARK WARREN BACHERSergeant · May 18, 1970
- CARL TAYLOR BARNETTStaff Sergeant · May 18, 1970
- GARY WILLIAM BRITTONStaff Sergeant · May 18, 1970
- ALBERT B CROUCHWarrant Officer 1 · May 18, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JOHN EDWARD DARLING JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 10W, Line 61
- CARLTON COE GRAYSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 61
- NICHOLAS GABRIEL SAUNDERSWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 10W, Line 62
- HARRY JAMES STONESergeant · Panel 10W, Line 62
From Richmond
- CURTIS LAMARR FOSTERPrivate First Class · June 6, 1965
- JON DAVID VANNATTALance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- KARL EDWIN KLUTECaptain · March 14, 1966
- JESSE FLOYD WAGESSpecialist Four · May 17, 1966
- BURNIE HARRISStaff Sergeant · May 18, 1966
- TERRY LEE WILESPrivate First Class · June 10, 1966
- THOMAS PAUL DEITEMEYERSpecialist Four · February 12, 1967
- DAVID ALLEN DOWNINGSergeant · March 11, 1967
- THOMAS CLAYTON BENGESergeant First Class · June 25, 1967
- TERRI LEIGH HINESPrivate First Class · July 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.