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Personal info

Full name
COLE, Neil
Date of birth
10 January 1926
Age
19
Place of birth
Stigler, Haskell County, Oklahoma
Hometown
Stigler, Haskell County, Oklahoma

Military service

Service number
38691043
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
A Company,
36th Tank Battalion,
8th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
5 March 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Walls of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Oscar A. Cole (father)
Vida R. (Rainwater) Cole (mother)
Aubrey C. Cole (brother)
Carl C. Cole (brother)
Carmen R. Cole (sister)
Othel C. Cole (brother)
Lester B. Cole (brother)
Gerald M. Cole (brother)
Glen Cole (brother)
Gene S. Cole (brother)

More information

Pfc Neil Cole was employed at Poe's Service station in Stigler, before he enlisted at Fort Sill, Oklahoma on 3 March 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Astrid van Erp, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.8th-armored.org, www.fold3.com - WWII Draft Card, www.ancestry.com - Family Tree

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Esther van Vlaardingen-Nagtegaal