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HAROLD ANTHONY COX
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 10, 1946 – July 7, 1969
Service recordHarold Anthony Cox, of Providence, Rhode Island, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 7, 1969, in Binh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 74
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- December 10, 1946
- Home of record
- Providence, Rhode Island (Providence County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 7, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date July 7, 1969; six of them were lost in Binh Thuan Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 34 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 74
- STEVEN KARL BROOKSFirst Lieutenant · July 7, 1969
- BRUCE EDWARD COLEYSergeant · July 7, 1969
- RONNIE LEE DAVISPrivate First Class · July 7, 1969
- LEONARD GEORGE GREVILLEPrivate First Class · July 7, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES WAYNE BEDELLCorporal · Panel 21W, Line 73
- DAVID LARRY BONESTEELSergeant · Panel 21W, Line 73
- JAMES D KNOWLESSergeant · Panel 21W, Line 76
- RONALD EUGENE NEWELLSergeant · Panel 21W, Line 77
- BILLY EARL PERRYSpecialist Four · Panel 21W, Line 77
- CURTIS ADRON STEPHENSSergeant First Class · Panel 21W, Line 78
From Providence
- MCGEARY LITTLEJOHNSpecialist Four · December 5, 1965
- PAUL ROBERT DRUMMONDPrivate First Class · March 22, 1966
- RICHARD ANTHONY CARUOLOLance Corporal · March 23, 1966
- EDMUND HENRY HORNSTEINMajor · April 12, 1966
- WILBERT ISOM ANDREWSPrivate · May 5, 1966
- JOHN JOSEPH ONEILL JRMaster Sergeant · August 13, 1966
- WILLIAM RUSSELL DAVISCorporal · August 21, 1966
- JAMES FRANCIS PANZARELLAFirst Lieutenant · September 20, 1966
- EDWARDO ENRI CAZANAS-DIAZSpecialist Four · January 7, 1967
- JOSEPH DONAT NOELSpecialist Four · January 14, 1967
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.