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ALLAN LAMAR COX
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
November 3, 1934 – August 1, 1966
Service recordAllan Lamar Cox, of Atlanta, Georgia, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on August 1, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 93 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 93
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 3, 1934
- Home of record
- Atlanta, Georgia (Fulton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 1, 1966
- Age
- 31
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date August 1, 1966. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 98 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 93
- GEORGE DEVER CURRYPrivate First Class · August 1, 1966
- ARTHUR THOMAS FINNEYColonel · August 1, 1966
- FRANK JOSEPH GUNDAKERMajor · August 1, 1966
- RONALD HARRY KAISERPrivate First Class · August 1, 1966
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM EDWARD ANDERSONSergeant · Panel 9E, Line 92
- WENDELL EUGENE CHURCHILLPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 92
- GEORGE DEVER CURRYPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 93
- RONALD HARRY KAISERPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 93
- JEFFERY LEE LEDFORDPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 94
From Atlanta
- DAVID NIPPERLance Corporal · November 21, 1964
- JAMES ANTHONY COYAirman First Class · June 11, 1965
- JAMES THARPE BROWN JRPrivate First Class · June 25, 1965
- WESLIE DAVID MEWBORNPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- DOUGLAS HORACE LEACHSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- RONNIE THOMAS MATHISSergeant · November 17, 1965
- GEORGE S MCHELLONSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- JAMES CARL WISE JRMajor · December 23, 1965
- CLIFFORD THOMAS JOHNSONPrivate · January 29, 1966
- HARVEY LEWIS BOWEN JRPrivate First Class · February 24, 1966
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.