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GARY ALLEN COX
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 16, 1949 – June 5, 1969
Service recordGary Allen Cox, of Selma, California, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 5, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 71
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Mortarman (0341)
- Born
- August 16, 1949
- Home of record
- Selma, California (Fresno County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 5, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date June 5, 1969; ten of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 71
- GERALD BERNARD BROWNPrivate First Class · June 5, 1969
- DAVID PATRICK CALLAHANSpecialist Four · June 5, 1969
- JIMMY WAYNE CRISPFirst Lieutenant · June 5, 1969
- KEVIN ROBERT CROWEPrivate First Class · June 5, 1969
From Selma
- JOHN GARCIALance Corporal · February 4, 1966
- SANTOS SANCHEZPrivate First Class · June 25, 1966
- PHILLIP ARNOLD HERRERA JRLance Corporal · September 8, 1966
- CHARLES THOMAS SHELTONSergeant · January 6, 1967
- PEDRO ORTIZSpecialist Four · May 1, 1967
- JUAN J PEREZFirst Sergeant · January 8, 1968
- EDWARD ZAMORASpecialist Four · February 22, 1968
- ARTHUR OLOGUE SOTOSergeant · August 27, 1968
- STEVEN PARKER BRODRICKFirst Lieutenant · December 11, 1968
- LAVON NEIL PRATHERSpecialist Four · June 24, 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.