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TIMOTHY COLE JR
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
December 19, 1946 – October 18, 1968
Service recordTimothy Cole JR, of Newnan, Georgia, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on October 18, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 41W, Line 72 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41W · Line 72
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
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 54 MED DET USARV
- Born
- December 19, 1946
- Home of record
- Newnan, Georgia (Coweta County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 18, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date October 18, 1968; seven of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “54 MED DET USARV”, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 41W, Line 72
- LARRY DARRALL BENNETTSergeant · October 18, 1968
- RICHARD OLIVER BICKFORDFirst Lieutenant · October 18, 1968
- RONALD MARVIN DELPSpecialist Four · October 18, 1968
- ROBERT W DIEFFENBACH JRSpecialist Four · October 18, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT W DIEFFENBACH JRSpecialist Four · Panel 41W, Line 72
- VICTOR REYES HERNANDEZSergeant · Panel 41W, Line 73
From Newnan
- DONALD STEVEN LOWERYPrivate First Class · February 15, 1967
- JESSIE CLIFFORD COFIELDCorporal · September 13, 1967
- THOMAS PATE HUDDLESTONSpecialist Four · November 19, 1967
- JERRY LYNN SMITHSergeant · January 3, 1968
- JOHNNY C CALHOUNSergeant First Class · March 27, 1968
- TERRY ALLEN JRCorporal · June 23, 1968
- EDGAR STEVAN PITTMANSpecialist Four · June 23, 1969
- WARNER PRATER HUGHIECorporal · March 12, 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.