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DANIEL FRANKLIN COX
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
September 4, 1949 – January 15, 1971
Service recordDaniel Franklin Cox, of Elmendorf Afb, Alaska, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on January 15, 1971, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 45
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- September 4, 1949
- Home of record
- Elmendorf Afb, Alaska
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 15, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date January 15, 1971; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In January 1971, 259 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 45
- JOSEPH WILLIAM GAA JRSergeant · January 15, 1971
- JAMES ARTHUR HARWOODSergeant First Class · January 15, 1971
- GERALD FRANCIS KINSMANFirst Lieutenant · January 15, 1971
- LARRY DALE LOVEAirman First Class · January 15, 1971
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM ARTHUR MALENFANTSergeant · Panel 5W, Line 46
- ROBERT ERNEST SHARPECorporal · Panel 5W, Line 47
From Elmendorf Afb
- DONALD RAY SANDERSPrivate First Class · March 25, 1967
- MICHAEL THOMAS HOKEPrivate First Class · December 21, 1967
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.