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ROGER DALE COLE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 23, 1949 – November 12, 1970
Service recordRoger Dale Cole, of Martinsburg, West Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 12, 1970, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 53
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- July 23, 1949
- Home of record
- Martinsburg, West Virginia (Berkeley County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 12, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date November 12, 1970. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 53
- JOHN DANIEL BARRETTPrivate First Class · November 12, 1970
- DONALD WARREN CHIPP JRSergeant · November 12, 1970
- FREDDIE LOUIS DACUSStaff Sergeant · November 12, 1970
- TITUS LEE EPPSPrivate First Class · November 12, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JOSE GILBERT BARRERAPrivate First Class · Panel 6W, Line 52
- JOHN DANIEL BARRETTPrivate First Class · Panel 6W, Line 53
- DONALD WARREN CHIPP JRSergeant · Panel 6W, Line 53
- TITUS LEE EPPSPrivate First Class · Panel 6W, Line 53
- GARLAND PARIS FELTONSergeant First Class · Panel 6W, Line 54
- DAVID LEE HATCHERSpecialist Four · Panel 6W, Line 54
- JESSE LYNN KESTLERPrivate First Class · Panel 6W, Line 54
- JOE BILLY MCNETTSpecialist Four · Panel 6W, Line 54
- WILLIAM CLEMON REEDCorporal · Panel 6W, Line 55
- CRAIG THOMAS RESKAPrivate First Class · Panel 6W, Line 55
From Martinsburg
- CHARLIE KENNETH SCATESSpecialist Four · February 20, 1966
- JAMES NEWTON LAWStaff Sergeant · May 4, 1967
- JEFFREY STEPHEN HATISONLance Corporal · July 2, 1967
- KENNETH EUGENE GREENFIELDPrivate First Class · November 22, 1967
- JAMES CLARENCE ADAMSFirst Lieutenant · November 27, 1968
- JOHN LOUIS BRUMBAUGH JRPrivate First Class · February 23, 1969
- KENZEL MEREDITH RACEYSergeant First Class · March 18, 1969
- KURT WALTER FRANZINGER JRCaptain · June 12, 1969
- KENNETH WILLIAM BOWARDPrivate First Class · January 6, 1970
- JAMES CALVIN MILLERSpecialist Four · April 1, 1970
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.