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--- General / Personal ---
Last name: COLE
First name: RICHARD WILSON
Home of Record (official): WINTER HAVEN
State (official): FL
Date of Birth: Wednesday, May 8, 1946
Sex: Male
Race: Caucasian
Marital Status: Single
--- Military ---
--- Action ---
Start of Tour: Saturday, August 24, 1968
Date of Casualty: Thursday, June 19, 1969
Age at time of loss: 23
Casualty type: (A1) Hostile, died
Reason: Artillery, rocket, mortar (Ground casualty)
Country: South Vietnam
Province: Binh Long
The Wall: Panel 22W - Row 086
--- Interment ---
Lakeside Memorial Park
2450 8th ST NW
Winter Haven, FL 33881
Section H, Lot 49, Space 8