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WILLIAM WINSTON COLE
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
December 29, 1926 – November 23, 1967
Service recordWilliam Winston Cole, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 23, 1967, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 40. His name is inscribed on Panel 30E, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30E · Line 69
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- December 29, 1926
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 23, 1967
- Age
- 40
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date November 23, 1967; he was the only one lost in Long An Province that day. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 50 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30E, Line 69
- WILLIAM LLOYD CATESMaster Sergeant · November 23, 1967
- JOSEPH CLOUD JRSergeant · November 23, 1967
- CALVIN LEON COOKSpecialist Four · November 23, 1967
- RONALD HENRY ESSLERSpecialist Four · November 23, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DAVID WAYNE VESTCorporal · Panel 30E, Line 68
- GERRY GLEN SIMPSONCorporal · Panel 30E, Line 73
- JERRY WAYNE STANDRIDGECorporal · Panel 30E, Line 74
- WILLARD BOSTON WALLACECorporal · Panel 30E, Line 74
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 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.