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EUGENE THOMAS COX
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 28, 1947 – June 30, 1969
Service recordEugene Thomas Cox, of Jackson Heights, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 30, 1969, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · 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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Military Police (95B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- C CO 716 MP BN USARV
- Born
- August 28, 1947
- Home of record
- Jackson Heights, New York (Queens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 30, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date June 30, 1969; three of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 36
- ANTHONY JOHN CABOT JRSpecialist Four · June 30, 1969
- ROBERT JOSEPH COLEMANCorporal · June 30, 1969
- GERALD CHARLES DALEYPrivate First Class · June 30, 1969
- JOSEPHUS DANIELSSergeant · June 30, 1969
From Jackson Heights
- PAUL ANTHONY DEVERSLance Corporal · August 10, 1965
- JACK CHARLES RODRIGUEZPetty Officer Second Class · February 14, 1966
- JAMES JOHN BROPHYCorporal · May 21, 1966
- NEIL STEPHEN WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · February 27, 1967
- STEPHEN WILLIAM PICKETTPrivate First Class · December 14, 1967
- JAMES TIERNOCorporal · December 15, 1967
- MARTIN EDWARD OGRADYPrivate First Class · January 8, 1968
- GLENN ALLEN LUCASCorporal · February 1, 1968
- JAMES PAUL VOJIRPrivate First Class · February 12, 1968
- FRANK JOSEPH MCMANUSPrivate First Class · September 17, 1968
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.