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DAVID LEE COX JR
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
March 1, 1936 – July 14, 1966
Service recordDavid Lee Cox JR, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on July 14, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 20
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Food Service Specialist (94B)
- Born
- March 1, 1936
- Home of record
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 14, 1966
- Age
- 30
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date July 14, 1966. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 20
- FREDERICK ALLEN WATHENSeaman Apprentice · July 13, 1966
- MARSHALL FREDERICK KIPINAStaff Sergeant · July 14, 1966
- ROBERT GRAHAM NOPPLieutenant Colonel · July 14, 1966
- RICHARD GLEN SCHROEDERPetty Officer Third Class · July 14, 1966
From Pittsburgh
- CLEVELAND WILLIAM GORDONMajor · January 7, 1964
- THEODORE ALAN WINOWITCHPrivate First Class · December 30, 1964
- CHARLES FREDRICK CLYDESDALELieutenant (junior grade) · March 15, 1965
- WILLIAM DONAVAN BENNINGStaff Sergeant · May 11, 1965
- FRANK HUFFORD BLANKSergeant · August 18, 1965
- JOHN L JEMISONPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- FRANK JOSEPH NADANY JRSergeant First Class · October 31, 1965
- RUSSELL EARL HAMMONDSergeant First Class · November 5, 1965
- HARRY FRANCIS JEDRZEJEWSKIPlatoon Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- RONALD JOSEPH LOERLEINSergeant · November 25, 1965
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.