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GARY DEAN COX
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
May 1, 1948 – November 17, 1968
Service recordGary Dean Cox, of Kansas City, Kansas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 17, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 78 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · Line 78
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- May 1, 1948
- Home of record
- Kansas City, Kansas (Wyandotte County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 17, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date November 17, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 39W, Line 78
- JOHN WILLIAM CIALLELLALance Corporal · November 17, 1968
- RHONNIE LEE CLARKSergeant · November 17, 1968
- RICHARD GROVER CLEVELANDFirst Lieutenant · November 17, 1968
- CHESTER COSGROVELance Corporal · November 17, 1968
From Kansas City
- KENNETH LEE SORENSENPrivate First Class · December 4, 1965
- JACK SHIVELY SWENDERLance Corporal · December 18, 1965
- JOHN MARK TIDERMANLieutenant Commander · March 21, 1966
- JAMES IRA COURTNEYStaff Sergeant · June 8, 1966
- FELIX PACHECOPrivate First Class · August 25, 1966
- BILLY RAY MOOREPrivate First Class · September 6, 1966
- LAWRENCE R COSTELLOSergeant · November 1, 1966
- EMMETT RAY DAVISPrivate First Class · November 22, 1966
- LEE EDWARD REUKAUFPrivate First Class · February 28, 1967
- ROGER RALPH WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · March 3, 1967
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.