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Robert G. Cole — Victoria Cross

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Heroic Score1001057th out of 4480

Number of Medals2

Total Heroic & Non-Heroic Score1022193 of 4480

U.S. Army#443of 2016

Airborne#43of 71

World War II#486of 924

Battle of Normandy#2of 3

Battle of Carentan#1of 1

Operation Market Garden †#1of 1

Robert G. Cole

Lieutenant colonel, U.S. Army

World War IIBattle of NormandyBattle of CarentanOperation Market Garden †

Awards & Decorations

Medal of Honor
Purple Heart

Ribbon Rack

Biography

Robert George Cole was an American soldier who received the Medal of Honor for his actions during the Battle of Normandy in World War II. Cole, the commander of the 3rd Battalion of the 502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division, successfully led his outgunned unit in a daring bayonet charge against an entrenched German force. He was killed in action three months later during Operation Market Garden.

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Score Breakdown

Medal of Honor(base 100)

+100

Heroic Score100 pts