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CLAUDIE LEE COX
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 13, 1944 – September 8, 1971
Service recordClaudie Lee Cox, of Dublin, Texas, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 8, 1971, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 12
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- General Vehicle Repairman (63C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- May 13, 1944
- Home of record
- Dublin, Texas (Erath County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 8, 1971
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date September 8, 1971; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In September 1971, 127 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 12
- CLIFFORD LAMONT BYRDPrivate · September 8, 1971
- ROBERT JOE ELLIOTTChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 8, 1971
- WAYNE CARL ROCHOWICZSpecialist Four · September 8, 1971
- JOHN ANDREW SERVICEStaff Sergeant · September 8, 1971
Same unit, same day
- CLIFFORD LAMONT BYRDPrivate · Panel 2W, Line 12
- WAYNE CARL ROCHOWICZSpecialist Four · Panel 2W, Line 12
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.