Nation Richard Cole, last surviving member of the Doolittle Raiders, dies at 103 in Texas April 9, 2019 N'dea Yancey-Bragg and Meg Jones, USA TODAY Comments Off on Richard Cole, last surviving member of the Doolittle Raiders, dies at 103 in Texas Retired Lt. Col. Richard Cole, 103, was the last survivor of the first U.S. strike on the Japanese islands during World War II.