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CHARLES WILLIAM COX
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 7, 1950 – December 7, 1970
Service recordCharles William Cox, of Louisville, Kentucky, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 7, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 112 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 112
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- September 7, 1950
- Home of record
- Louisville, Kentucky (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 7, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date December 7, 1970; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1970, 271 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 112
- OMER PRICE CARSONSergeant · December 7, 1970
- PAUL COLWELLChief Petty Officer · December 7, 1970
- JOE EDWARD CRENSHAWSpecialist Four · December 7, 1970
- HAROLD NORMAN FLIEGERPrivate First Class · December 7, 1970
From Louisville
- FERGUS COLEMAN GROVES IICaptain · February 2, 1962
- ROBERT SHERMAN MOSIERSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- DON IRA WILLIAMSONColonel · October 24, 1964
- DONALD GORDON RADCLIFFMajor · August 18, 1965
- LEE ROY JAMESGunnery Sergeant · September 5, 1965
- JERRY DWAYNE UNDERWOODPrivate First Class · September 18, 1965
- GARY LOUIS DOWELLCorporal · October 27, 1965
- THOMAS EDWARD THAYER JRSergeant Major · November 8, 1965
- BOBBY LEE FAVORSSergeant · February 4, 1966
- KENNETH RUSHPrivate First Class · February 7, 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.