Vincent was the son of Samson Cole and Dorothy Coles of Newark NJ and he enlisted in the US Marine Corps on March 17, 1967 in Newark NJ. Arriving in Vietnam on February 19 1968 he was assigned for duty with Company I, 3d Battalion, 27th Marines, 1st MARDIV (Rein) FMF,
During Operation ALLEN BROOK, Company I was under the OPCON (Operational Control) of the 3d Battalion, 7th Marines and in the early morning of May 16 crossed the Song Thu Bon, on to Go Noi Island in Dien Ban District of Quang Nam Province. About 0900 hours the Marines encountered the enemy in the hamlet of Phu Dong (2); attacking the hamlet with two Companies online the Marines failed to break the NVA defenses and ran into a hail of machine gun and crew served weapons fire. Artillery and more than fifty airstrikes finally forced the enemy to withdraw by the end of the day. Marine losses were heavy with twenty five dead and many more wounded, one of the casualties was PFC Coles who was killed in action from hostile rifle fire.
During Operation ALLEN BROOK, Company I was under the OPCON (Operational Control) of the 3d Battalion, 7th Marines and in the early morning of May 16 crossed the Song Thu Bon, on to Go Noi Island in Dien Ban District of Quang Nam Province. About 0900 hours the Marines encountered the enemy in the hamlet of Phu Dong (2); attacking the hamlet with two Companies online the Marines failed to break the NVA defenses and ran into a hail of machine gun and crew served weapons fire. Artillery and more than fifty airstrikes finally forced the enemy to withdraw by the end of the day. Marine losses were heavy with twenty five dead and many more wounded, one of the casualties was PFC Coles who was killed in action from hostile rifle fire.
Vincent was the son of Samson Cole and Dorothy Coles of Newark NJ and he enlisted in the US Marine Corps on March 17, 1967 in Newark NJ. Arriving in Vietnam on February 19 1968 he was assigned for duty with Company I, 3d Battalion, 27th Marines, 1st MARDIV (Rein) FMF,
During Operation ALLEN BROOK, Company I was under the OPCON (Operational Control) of the 3d Battalion, 7th Marines and in the early morning of May 16 crossed the Song Thu Bon, on to Go Noi Island in Dien Ban District of Quang Nam Province. About 0900 hours the Marines encountered the enemy in the hamlet of Phu Dong (2); attacking the hamlet with two Companies online the Marines failed to break the NVA defenses and ran into a hail of machine gun and crew served weapons fire. Artillery and more than fifty airstrikes finally forced the enemy to withdraw by the end of the day. Marine losses were heavy with twenty five dead and many more wounded, one of the casualties was PFC Coles who was killed in action from hostile rifle fire.
During Operation ALLEN BROOK, Company I was under the OPCON (Operational Control) of the 3d Battalion, 7th Marines and in the early morning of May 16 crossed the Song Thu Bon, on to Go Noi Island in Dien Ban District of Quang Nam Province. About 0900 hours the Marines encountered the enemy in the hamlet of Phu Dong (2); attacking the hamlet with two Companies online the Marines failed to break the NVA defenses and ran into a hail of machine gun and crew served weapons fire. Artillery and more than fifty airstrikes finally forced the enemy to withdraw by the end of the day. Marine losses were heavy with twenty five dead and many more wounded, one of the casualties was PFC Coles who was killed in action from hostile rifle fire.
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