United States of AmericaPOW / MIA · Accounted for
U.S. Air Force · United States 
Richard Milton Cole Jr.
1940 – 1972
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Technical Sergeant Richard Milton Cole Jr. served in the U.S. Air Force. Richard served with the 7 AF. Richard served in the Vietnam War and the Cold War. Richard was 31 years old.
How He Died
Manner
Combat Death
Cause
Injury, unspecified
Circumstance
Killed in action
Place
Thua Thien
Keepsakes
Service Record
U.S. Air Force
4357
THUA THIEN
1994
Pay grade E06.
Conflicts
Awards & Decorations
6
Unit awards
Foreign awards
Memorials
Burial Information
Cemetery
National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific
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Richard Milton Cole Jr.
Technical Sergeant
U.S. Air Force
- 1994
Seventh Air Force
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