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World War II Honoree

Killed in World War II

Robert George Cole

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Fort Sam Houston, Texas

Honored By

Wesley Haex

Branch Seal
Activity During WWII

LIEUTENANT COLONEL. LED HIS BATTALION FIVE-0-DEUCE,101ST THROUGH D-DAY. POSTHUMOUSLY AWARDED THE CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR FOR HIS ACTIONS OUTSIDE CARENTAN. KILLED BY A GERMAN SNIPER NEAR SON, THE NETHERLANDS, WHEN HE WAS MARKING HIS LOCATION, SO ALLIED PLANES WOULD NOT BOMB HIS BATTALION, ON SEPTEMBER 18,1944.