Edward B. Cole

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Edward Ball Cole (23 September 1879 - 18 June 1918) was an officer in the United States Marine Corps during World War I.

Cole was born in Boston, Massachusetts. One of the United States' leading experts on machine guns, he received a direct commission in the Marine Corps in World War I. Major Cole received a Distinguished Service Cross for heroism during the Battle of Belleau Wood (10 June 1918) in which he was mortally wounded. He is buried at Mouroux Cemetery, France.

The destroyer USS Cole (DD-155) was named for him. (The guided missile destroyer USS Cole (DDG-67) was named for a different Cole: Darrell S. Cole.)

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