Born: October 6, 1925
Killed in Action: March 8, 1945 while serving on Iwo Jima

U.S. Marine Corp
Rank: Private
4th Division, 23rd Infantry Regiment

At the time of his death Pvt. Cole was survived by his parents, Frank J. and Lydia Smith Cole, two sisters, Mrs. Louise Klunk and Mrs. Sara Myers, and four brothers Clifford O., Leo S., Leroy J. and Leonard H. Cole.

Interment: Blandford Cemetery, Petersburg, Virginia