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DAVID AUSTIN COX
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 15, 1949 – May 17, 1968
Service recordDavid Austin Cox, of Ft Fairfield, Maine, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 17, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 62E, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 62E · Line 1
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- March 15, 1949
- Home of record
- Ft Fairfield, Maine (Aroostook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 17, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
85 names on the Wall carry the date May 17, 1968; 15 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 62E, Line 1
- ALBERT JOHN CAMPESTREPrivate First Class · May 17, 1968
- ALLEN WESLEY COURTNEY JRFirst Lieutenant · May 17, 1968
- THOMAS HIRAM CROOKPrivate · May 17, 1968
- DENNIS OWEN CULLUMCorporal · May 17, 1968
From Ft Fairfield
- DANNY LEE DUPREYCorporal · September 22, 1969
- KENNETH LEE HIGGINSSpecialist Four · February 20, 1970
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.