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ROBERT LEROY COLE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 27, 1948 – May 9, 1968
Service recordRobert Leroy Cole, of Eaton, Indiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 9, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 57E, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 57E · Line 16
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Vehicle Materiel Supply Specialist (76S)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- July 27, 1948
- Home of record
- Eaton, Indiana (Delaware County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 9, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
127 names on the Wall carry the date May 9, 1968; ten of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 103 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 57E, Line 16
- ROBERT JOHN CAPANDASpecialist Four · May 9, 1968
- FREDERICK RAYMOND CASPERFirst Lieutenant · May 9, 1968
- JOSEPH FRANCIS CATT JRSpecialist Four · May 9, 1968
- KURTIS NOLAN CHAPMANLance Corporal · May 9, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ANDREW CARL ANDERSENSpecialist Four · Panel 57E, Line 13
- JOSEPH FRANCIS CATT JRSpecialist Four · Panel 57E, Line 16
- QUENTIN HAYESSpecialist Four · Panel 57E, Line 23
- PHILLIP LANS LACKEYSpecialist Four · Panel 57E, Line 26
- THOMAS ARNOLD SINGLETONSpecialist Four · Panel 57E, Line 33
- PAUL DEIHL WOLFSergeant · Panel 58E, Line 3
From Eaton
- TERRY ALLEN LOFFERCorporal · June 25, 1969
- DALE EUGENE THOMPSONSpecialist Four · October 21, 1969
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.