WWII · Battle Death Record
Robert G. Cole
Lieutenant Colonel, U.S. Army · Texas
Medal of Honor
Personnel File — Core Information
- Name
- Robert G. Cole
- Entered the Service From
- Texas
- Rank
- Lieutenant Colonel
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Unit / Regiment
- 502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division
- War
- WWII
- Date of Death
- September 18, 1944
- Awards
- Medal of Honor, Distinguished Service Cross
- Burial / Memorial
- Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial, Margraten, Netherlands
Their story
Led a bayonet charge near Carentan in Normandy that broke the German line — the action for which he received the Medal of Honor. He was killed by a sniper in the Netherlands on 18 September 1944, before the award was presented.
Compiled from American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) and National Archives (NARA) records and public sources.
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