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FRANCIS PATRICK COX
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 22, 1945 – January 30, 1968
Service recordFrancis Patrick Cox, of Flushing, New York, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 30, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 35E, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35E · Line 67
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Radio Telegraph Operator (2533)
- Born
- August 22, 1945
- Home of record
- Flushing, New York (Queens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 30, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
99 names on the Wall carry the date January 30, 1968; 28 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Quảng Nam Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 35E, Line 67
- GARY RALPH CARPENTERPrivate First Class · January 30, 1968
- EDWARD EDDY CERVANTEZCorporal · January 30, 1968
- RALPH E CLARKStaff Sergeant · January 30, 1968
- RICHARD JOSEPH CLEMENTZPrivate First Class · January 30, 1968
From Flushing
- WILLIAM CLAY WRIGHT JRPrivate First Class · May 23, 1966
- DAVID CLEELANDLieutenant Colonel · July 25, 1966
- LAWRENCE ANTHONY BARCKLOWAirman Second Class · November 26, 1966
- HENRY MCDONALDLance Corporal · December 11, 1966
- ANDREW LEROY HAMILTONPrivate First Class · April 22, 1967
- BENJAMIN GEORGE MOLLICAPrivate First Class · May 26, 1967
- JERALD BRUCE WEAVERCorporal · August 15, 1967
- DAVID GEORGE DUNKENBERGERFirst Lieutenant · October 8, 1967
- GREGORY GOREPrivate First Class · December 20, 1967
- ROBERT FRANK MEGLIOLieutenant Commander · February 6, 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.