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GEORGE MARION COX II
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 19, 1943 – September 26, 1968
Service recordGeorge Marion Cox II, of Baltimore, Maryland, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 26, 1968, in Darlac Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42W · Line 16
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- June 19, 1943
- Home of record
- Baltimore, Maryland (Baltimore (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 26, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Darlac
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
55 names on the Wall carry the date September 26, 1968; seven of them were lost in Darlac Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 85 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 42W, Line 16
- FREDERICK JOSEPH CARLSONPrivate First Class · September 26, 1968
- BENJAMIN FRANK CASTANEDAFirst Lieutenant · September 26, 1968
- PETER JOSEPH DANILUCKFirst Sergeant · September 26, 1968
- WILLIAM FRANCIS LEMOINECorporal · September 26, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CECIL ODELL BUNDAGESergeant First Class · Panel 42W, Line 15
- MAURICE HARRISON KINKEADCorporal · Panel 42W, Line 18
- GREGORIO MENO CAMACHOSergeant First Class · Panel 42W, Line 19
- JACK ALBERT PLUCINSKIFirst Lieutenant · Panel 42W, Line 21
- DAWSON JESSE ATWOODCorporal · Panel 42W, Line 22
- JON ALAN RIPPEEPrivate First Class · Panel 42W, Line 22
- JOHNNY WAYNE THOMPSONCorporal · Panel 42W, Line 24
From Baltimore
- EVERETTE LEROY DONALDSONPrivate First Class · June 29, 1964
- WILLIAM EDWARD FOWLERLance Corporal · July 9, 1965
- FRANK ROBERT SAXONLance Corporal · September 14, 1965
- JAMES MCKINLEY LONGPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- THOMAS JAMES SCHINDLERSergeant · October 5, 1965
- SAMUEL L HOLMANSergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD DEANE OTTStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ODELL VAUGHANStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ANTHONY WATSONSecond Lieutenant · December 4, 1965
- PHILIP JAMES MCCARTHYSergeant · December 5, 1965
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.