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FRANK WILLIAM COX JR
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
June 4, 1938 – July 14, 1968
Service recordFrank William Cox JR, of Elmira, New York, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 14, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 52W, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52W · Line 27
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Parachutist, Infantry Unit Commander (71542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- June 4, 1938
- Home of record
- Elmira, New York (Chemung County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 14, 1968
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date July 14, 1968; seven of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 80 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 52W, Line 27
- DOUGLAS MICHAEL CAINCorporal · July 14, 1968
- JOHNNIE ROGER CAMDENPrivate First Class · July 14, 1968
- HAROLD LUCIEN DAVID JRSergeant · July 14, 1968
- DAVID TERRELL DURHAMPrivate First Class · July 14, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES EDWARD MCCLAFFERTYSergeant · Panel 52W, Line 29
From Elmira
- RICHARD FRANK BARNESPrivate First Class · February 18, 1966
- JOHN R COWANSpecialist Four · March 11, 1966
- JOHN ANTHONY VERGALLITOStaff Sergeant · March 20, 1966
- ALEN LOUIS GARDNERPrivate First Class · April 22, 1967
- MYRON STANLEY BEACH JRSergeant First Class · July 10, 1967
- EDWARD JOSEPH BREWERLance Corporal · February 6, 1968
- EUGENE VINCENT SONNERSergeant · February 10, 1968
- JAY DEE RUMSEYCorporal · January 25, 1969
- RICHARD E SLAVENStaff Sergeant · March 29, 1969
- RICHARD DUANE WALKERLieutenant Colonel · June 14, 1969
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.