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EDWARD ERLIN COX JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 14, 1948 – February 15, 1969
Service recordEdward Erlin Cox JR, of Shreveport, Louisiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 15, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 36
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 Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- March 14, 1948
- Home of record
- Shreveport, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 15, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date February 15, 1969; three of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32W, Line 36
- EDWARD FRANCIS BARRYSergeant · February 15, 1969
- JOHN EDWARD BOHNSACKLieutenant Colonel · February 15, 1969
- BENJAMIN FOREST BOLDINGCorporal · February 15, 1969
- CHARLES BOYDSpecialist Four · February 15, 1969
From Shreveport
- DONALD FREDERICK DAVIDSONLance Corporal · October 8, 1963
- ROBERT LEE WOMACKStaff Sergeant · October 11, 1965
- WILLIAM WESLEY BROWNLance Corporal · March 4, 1966
- BILLY MARCUS EDWARDSSergeant · May 11, 1966
- THOMAS C GARRETT IIIPrivate · May 22, 1966
- BILLY RAY MOFFETTStaff Sergeant · May 27, 1966
- DAVID WILLIS TERRELLCorporal · July 4, 1966
- DALTON EARL JACKSONLance Corporal · October 17, 1966
- ALLAN EUGENE SMITHStaff Sergeant · October 17, 1966
- RAMON ALLEN COPPLELieutenant (junior grade) · October 26, 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.