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HENRY THOMAS COX
Captain · U.S. Army
October 16, 1947 – August 13, 1970
Service recordHenry Thomas Cox, of Christiansburg, Virginia, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on August 13, 1970, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 107 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 107
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- October 16, 1947
- Home of record
- Christiansburg, Virginia (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 13, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date August 13, 1970; he was the only one lost in Kien Hoa Province that day. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 107
- TROIT DONOVAN FREELANDLieutenant Colonel · August 13, 1970
- MICHAEL ARTHUR GAGEPrivate First Class · August 13, 1970
- NICKALAS PEREZ GURNIASSpecialist Four · August 13, 1970
- JAMES CLARENCE JUNGESergeant · August 13, 1970
Same unit, same day
- LAWRENCE GORDON SWARBRICKFirst Lieutenant · Panel 8W, Line 109
From Christiansburg
- CHARLIE MACK GILMERPrivate First Class · May 23, 1967
- LEON DAVID WILLARDPrivate First Class · August 13, 1968
- JIMMY HARRISON MCCLUNGSpecialist Five · April 15, 1970
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.