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JAMES MICHAEL COX
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 8, 1948 – July 21, 1969
Service recordJames Michael Cox, of Willis, Virginia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 21, 1969, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 30
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 82 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- December 8, 1948
- Home of record
- Willis, Virginia (Floyd County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 21, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date July 21, 1969; two of them were lost in Long An Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 82nd Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 30
- GEORGE ALLEN GRINNELLChief Warrant Officer 2 · July 21, 1969
- Macdonald Brooke HALSEYSecond Lieutenant · July 21, 1969
- WILLIAM DAVID LOUNSBURYPrivate First Class · July 21, 1969
- RICHARD DALE MCNABBCorporal · July 21, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DUNCAN ALBERT WARWICKCorporal · Panel 20W, Line 32
From Willis
- LARRY CORNELIUS HARRISPrivate First Class · February 28, 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.