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Personal info

Full name
COLE, Warren Frederick
Date of birth
17 July 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Gloucester, Essex County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Essex County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
20114413
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
D Company,
2nd Battalion,
502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment,
101st Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
28 September 1944
Place of death
The Netherlands

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
A 4 19

Immediate family

Members
John A. Cole (father)
Margaret Cole (mother)
Richard A. Cole (brother)
Marjorie A. Cole (sister)
Roger E. Cole (brother)
Mary T. (Grogan) Cole (wife)
Marcia Cole (daughter)

More information

Pvt Warren F. Cole graduated from Gloucester High School in 1940.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, The Boston Globe - 10 January 1945, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ww2-airborne.us, www.ancestry.com Bennett Family Tree, 1930-1940 Census

Photo source: Des Philippet, www.findagrave.com, Ronald Cole (nephew)