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GEORGE JOSE COX
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 12, 1945 – March 14, 1968
Service recordGeorge Jose Cox, of Abingdon, Virginia, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 14, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 44E, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44E · Line 45
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- April 12, 1945
- Home of record
- Abingdon, Virginia (Washington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 14, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
63 names on the Wall carry the date March 14, 1968; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
He died in Quảng Ngãi Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 44E, Line 45
- ANDREW DANIEL CHOWKAPrivate First Class · March 14, 1968
- DAVID FRANKLIN COSBYPrivate First Class · March 14, 1968
- WILLIAM GEORGE DOWNS JRLance Corporal · March 14, 1968
- HARRY JOSEPH ELLIS IIISergeant · March 14, 1968
From Abingdon
- ROBERT MORRIS COOKEPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- JAMES DAVID ROARKPetty Officer Second Class · November 12, 1967
- HENRY GLEAVES CRIGGERCorporal · November 15, 1967
- LEONARD HARRISON SNEAD JRPrivate First Class · January 11, 1968
- JAMES PERRY SINGLETONSergeant · March 8, 1968
- CHARLES E SHAWSpecialist Four · March 30, 1968
- THOMAS WILLIAM WHITTENCorporal · March 21, 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.