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ROBERT OWEN COLE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 30, 1948 – March 29, 1969
Service recordRobert Owen Cole, of Sacramento, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 29, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 79 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 79
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 30, 1948
- Home of record
- Sacramento, California (Sacramento County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 29, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date March 29, 1969; eight of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 79
- ROY BRADLEY BOYDSpecialist Four · March 29, 1969
- KENNETH JAMES BRENNERCorporal · March 29, 1969
- JOHN JOSEPH CLARKStaff Sergeant · March 29, 1969
- JAMES BRADLEY CLAYBAUGHFirst Lieutenant · March 29, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES BRADLEY CLAYBAUGHFirst Lieutenant · Panel 28W, Line 79
- ROSS WILLARD COLLINS JRPrivate · Panel 28W, Line 80
- BRUCE WILLIAM DANIELSSergeant · Panel 28W, Line 80
- JOHN JOE ELSENRATHSergeant · Panel 28W, Line 80
- WILLIAM C GOULD JRSpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 81
- DAVID IRA STYLESSpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 81
- MICHAEL LEE WILKINSSpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 88
From Sacramento
- IRVING ALBERT SELFSergeant · May 19, 1964
- LEONARD PAUL HUDSONFirst Lieutenant · November 19, 1964
- CRAIG LOUIS HAGENSergeant · June 10, 1965
- DAVID LEVANT FELTPrivate First Class · August 17, 1965
- RICHARD GRIFFITH PHILBINPrivate First Class · February 2, 1966
- PHILLIP ANTHONY LOTTAPrivate First Class · February 25, 1966
- MICHAEL ANTHONY GILSONPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- RICHARD LEE LAWSLieutenant · April 3, 1966
- ROBERT LEE FOSTERPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
- GERALD C HUNSBARGER IIIPrivate First Class · June 2, 1966
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.