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GREGORY ELLIS COX
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 4, 1947 – January 4, 1968
Service recordGregory Ellis Cox, of Pleasant Hill, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 4, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 33E, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33E · Line 35
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)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- June 4, 1947
- Home of record
- Pleasant Hill, California (Contra Costa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 4, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date January 4, 1968; four of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 169 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33E, Line 35
- ROBERT LOUIS CLINEPrivate First Class · January 4, 1968
- HENRY CONRAD COUSINEAUSeaman Recruit · January 4, 1968
- KENNETH JAMES FARRELLFirst Lieutenant · January 4, 1968
- GEORGE FRANCIS FLANAGANStaff Sergeant · January 4, 1968
Same unit, same day
- COY G STAYTONStaff Sergeant · Panel 33E, Line 34
- ROBERT LOUIS CLINEPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 35
- BILLY WILLIE GOBERSpecialist Four · Panel 33E, Line 36
- ROGER DALE GRIFFITHSpecialist Four · Panel 33E, Line 36
- JAMES BUCKNER HALLCorporal · Panel 33E, Line 37
- LARRY HOLMES MCLAUGHLINSergeant · Panel 33E, Line 37
- LOWELL JOHNSONSpecialist Four · Panel 33E, Line 38
- CURTIS LEE KENNEDYSpecialist Four · Panel 33E, Line 38
- MICHAEL FREDERICK MEYHOFFPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 39
- GENE ALBERT POLITOCorporal · Panel 33E, Line 40
- GARRY GARNETT PRINCEPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 40
- DWIGHT FRANCIS RANDSergeant · Panel 33E, Line 41
- KENNETH JAMES TAKEMOTOSpecialist Four · Panel 33E, Line 42
From Pleasant Hill
- ROBERT LEE GREERStaff Sergeant · June 7, 1964
- BARNEY EVANS BOYERCorporal · September 9, 1965
- GARY CHARLES ALLENPrivate · March 4, 1966
- JAMES CALVIN RILEYPrivate First Class · May 10, 1967
- STEPHEN DONALD BARTELSCorporal · November 9, 1967
- PAUL PHILLIP SONSTEINSpecialist Four · February 21, 1968
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.