Rank: Staff Sergeant
Unit: A Troop, 1st Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
MOS: 11D – Armor Reconnaissance Specialist
Awards: Purple Heart Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Badges: Combat Infantryman Badge
Unit awards: Vietnamese Gallantry Cross with Palm device
Enlisted by: Regular
Date of birth: 12-Apr-1940
Hometown: Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Marital status: Married to Rosemond M. Cole, one son, one daughter
Campaign: Vietnam Conflict
Entered service: 15-Dec-1961
Start of tour: 19-Jul-1967
Incident date: 14-Jan-1968
Date of casualty: 14-Jan-1968
Age at death: 27
Cause of death: Hostile, Died. Explosive Device. Other explosive device.
Emile Cole died from metal fragment wounds while passenger on military vehicle on combat operation when vehicle hit hostile mine.
Location of fatality: Binh Duong, South Vietnam
Place of interment: Evergreen-Washelli Memorial Park, Seattle, Washington, USA
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