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WAYNE MICHAEL COLE
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
February 7, 1949 – January 8, 1970
Service recordWayne Michael Cole, of Covina, California, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 8, 1970, in Kien Phong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 12
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
- Second Lieutenant (2LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- February 7, 1949
- Home of record
- Covina, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 8, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kien Phong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date January 8, 1970; seven of them were lost in Kien Phong Province. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 14W, Line 12
- CARL ALLEN THOMSONSpecialist Four · November 14, 1969
- LEO CARL CASEY JRSpecialist Four · January 8, 1970
- WILLARD WINSTON CROYSergeant · January 8, 1970
- WARREN LEE DONAHESpecialist Four · January 8, 1970
- XAVIER GOMEZCorporal · January 8, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DAVID WILLIAM COPPERNOLLCaptain · Panel 14W, Line 11
From Covina
- RICHARD LAVERN BISHOPSergeant · October 1, 1966
- DONALD WARD EVANS JRSpecialist Four · January 27, 1967
- MELVIN GLEN MOFFETTCorporal · February 5, 1967
- TERRY GENE HEEKINSecond Lieutenant · March 2, 1967
- RICHARD EUGENE FERGUSONLance Corporal · August 30, 1967
- WALTER EDWARD MURPHY JRSpecialist Four · December 12, 1967
- STANLEY GRANT STRONGCorporal · March 6, 1968
- MICHAEL KENNETH HARESpecialist Five · March 30, 1968
- JOHN MICHAEL BUTTSPrivate First Class · July 1, 1968
- FRANK MICHAEL DENARDO JRPrivate First Class · October 24, 1968
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.