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GARY LEE COX
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 12, 1945 – May 13, 1970
Service recordGary Lee Cox, of Rosenberg, Texas, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 13, 1970, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 31
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- August 12, 1945
- Home of record
- Rosenberg, Texas (Fort Bend County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 13, 1970
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date May 13, 1970; four of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 31
- CHARLES A BAZZINOTTIFirst Lieutenant · May 13, 1970
- WILLIAM MORRIS COZADCorporal · May 13, 1970
- RANDY MAYO DAVISStaff Sergeant · May 13, 1970
- EDWARD JOHN DELIKAT JRSpecialist Four · May 13, 1970
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES A BAZZINOTTIFirst Lieutenant · Panel 10W, Line 31
- DAVID ERVIN HUBNERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 10W, Line 33
- RICHARD ALAN PATTERSONSpecialist Four · Panel 10W, Line 36
- PAUL LAJADA RAMOS JRSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 36
- GORDON ALLEN SHAWCorporal · Panel 10W, Line 38
From Rosenberg
- RICHARD WAYNE HIBBLERSpecialist Five · January 9, 1970
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.