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EVERETT FREDERICK COX
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
April 17, 1947 – December 24, 1968
Service recordEverett Frederick Cox, of Indianapolis, Indiana, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on December 24, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 72 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 72
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
- Clerk-Typist (71B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- April 17, 1947
- Home of record
- Indianapolis, Indiana (Marion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 24, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date December 24, 1968; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 36 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 72
- KENNETH ROY DEVORESpecialist Four · December 24, 1968
- BOBBY BRANCE EDWARDSMajor · December 24, 1968
- JIMMY CARROLL HESTERCorporal · December 24, 1968
- CHARLES HERBERT HODSON JRSergeant First Class · December 24, 1968
From Indianapolis
- JAMES EDWARD CAUGHEYSpecialist Four · August 14, 1964
- CLARENCE LEROY COLEMANSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- IVAN RAY SMITHPrivate First Class · May 13, 1965
- KENNETH LEROY REEDStaff Sergeant · June 12, 1965
- JOHN POWERS DAVISSpecialist Five · July 21, 1965
- CURLEY SHERELS JRCorporal · August 18, 1965
- ALVIN CARVER FORNEYCorporal · September 1, 1965
- WILLIAM LARRIE HUNTPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- THOMAS CURTIS METSKERCaptain · November 14, 1965
- VILIS LISMENTSCorporal · November 22, 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.