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AMOS OLIVER FOX
Major · U.S. Air Force
September 8, 1930 – April 23, 1968
Service recordAmos Oliver Fox, of Birmingham, Alabama, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He died on April 23, 1968, in Ninh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 51E, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51E · Line 38
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- September 8, 1930
- Home of record
- Birmingham, Alabama (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 23, 1968
- Age
- 37
- Province
- Ninh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date April 23, 1968; he was the only one lost in Ninh Thuan Province that day. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 51E, Line 38
- THOMAS JAMES DAVIDSONPlatoon Sergeant · April 23, 1968
- THOMAS JOEL DAVISSpecialist Five · April 23, 1968
- DON FAUROT DIANMaster Sergeant · April 23, 1968
- WILLIAM MEDFORD PANGLEPrivate First Class · April 23, 1968
From Birmingham
- SHERMAN ELLIOT WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · July 9, 1965
- CARL WILLIAM MANNPrivate First Class · September 21, 1965
- ROBERT WARREN ALLENPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- GENE WILLIAM WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · October 12, 1965
- JAMES J HOWARDSpecialist Five · November 1, 1965
- CLEO LOCKETTCorporal · November 8, 1965
- HAROLD JAMES BATTLEPrivate First Class · November 12, 1965
- HAROLD EUGENE WATKINSLance Corporal · November 12, 1965
- CHARLES WILLIAM STOREYStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD EARL HARPERSpecialist Four · January 12, 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.