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SAM COLE JR
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
January 8, 1948 – May 9, 1968
Service recordSam Cole JR, of San Francisco, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 9, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 57E, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 57E · Line 17
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- January 8, 1948
- Home of record
- San Francisco, California (San Francisco County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 9, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
127 names on the Wall carry the date May 9, 1968; 18 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 57E, Line 17
- CARLOS WAYNE CORNETTSpecialist Four · May 9, 1968
- FREDDIE JAMES COX JRPrivate First Class · May 9, 1968
- LESTER WAYNE COXPrivate First Class · May 9, 1968
- EUGENIO ERASMO FERNANDEZ JRPrivate First Class · May 9, 1968
From San Francisco
- BRUCE CHARLES FARRELLLieutenant · October 8, 1963
- JOHN F SANTOS JRCaptain · April 28, 1964
- HARRY PAUL GAMBLEPrivate First Class · June 7, 1965
- LUDWIG PETER KOHLERPrivate First Class · July 26, 1965
- WILLIAM GEORGE WHEATLEYPrivate First Class · October 13, 1965
- EVERETT WILLIAM GOIASSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- JOHN ARTHUR NATHANSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- RONALD DENNIS FERGUSONSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- JOSE WILFREDO SUAREZSpecialist Five · November 20, 1965
- LAAVALE FUATAU TAGATALance Corporal · December 3, 1965
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.