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JAMES ALAN COX
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 21, 1947 – October 31, 1968
Service recordJames Alan Cox, of Hollis, New York, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 31, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 63
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- April 21, 1947
- Home of record
- Hollis, New York (Queens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 31, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date October 31, 1968; three of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 62 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 63
- PHILIP J BATTAGLIA JRFirst Lieutenant · October 31, 1968
- STEVEN IKE CAVINChief Warrant Officer 2 · October 31, 1968
- JAMES RALPH COOPERPrivate First Class · October 31, 1968
- ANTONIO H DELA CERDA JRSergeant · October 31, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ANGEL A RIVERA-VELAZQUEZPrivate First Class · Panel 40W, Line 67
From Hollis
- RICHARD HENRY GRUNBERGSpecialist Four · December 4, 1966
- ARTHUR ERIC FISHENDENLance Corporal · July 24, 1967
- LINWOOD CALVIN CORBETTSpecialist Four · November 6, 1967
- HENRY HERBERT MCGEEStaff Sergeant · November 7, 1967
- CLARENCE A ROUSSELL JRSecond Lieutenant · March 6, 1968
- JAMES BENJAMIN WHITTIERPrivate · June 27, 1968
- REUBEN MILEY JRLance Corporal · October 1, 1968
- DAVID CHARLES NELSONCorporal · May 30, 1969
- JAMES HENRY HALLCorporal · September 22, 1969
- ROBERT OCHABCaptain · January 7, 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.