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GARY WAYNE COX
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 26, 1949 – May 28, 1969
Service recordGary Wayne Cox, of Gary, Indiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 28, 1969, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 7
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- October 26, 1949
- Home of record
- Gary, Indiana (Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 28, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date May 28, 1969; two of them were lost in Kien Hoa Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 7
- GAYLORD MARTIN COUCHCorporal · May 28, 1969
- FREDERICK N CURTISSpecialist Four · May 28, 1969
- JOHN TRAVIS DAVISSergeant · May 28, 1969
- PATRICK MARTIN DIXONFirst Lieutenant · May 28, 1969
Same unit, same day
- MARVIN CLARENCE BRISSSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 6
- RICHARD LYNN BRUMFIELDSergeant · Panel 23W, Line 6
- PATRICK MARTIN DIXONFirst Lieutenant · Panel 23W, Line 7
- EARL ARTHUR GODMANSergeant · Panel 23W, Line 8
- ALBERT HILERIO JRSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 9
- THOMAS ALLEN NEBELPrivate First Class · Panel 23W, Line 10
- ROBERT BERTON READCorporal · Panel 23W, Line 11
- DAVID L TIFFANYSpecialist Five · Panel 23W, Line 12
- DICK EDWARD WHITNEYSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 12
- WILLIAM KENEITH WORDCorporal · Panel 23W, Line 13
From Gary
- JOHN ROBERT ACKERMANPrivate First Class · November 16, 1965
- TOM WILLIE BROWNSergeant · December 4, 1965
- JACK ELSWORTH LOCKEPrivate First Class · January 27, 1966
- ROBERT LOPEZPrivate First Class · March 1, 1966
- JAMES LEE EMMARTPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- RICHARD WAYNE MCGEECorporal · July 1, 1966
- VICTOR MORALESPrivate First Class · August 1, 1966
- JOHN PETER SKORO JRFirst Lieutenant · September 13, 1966
- JOHN GREEN DICKERSON IIIPrivate · October 5, 1966
- ANDREW JAMES ROBERTSONPrivate First Class · November 2, 1966
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.