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JAMES WILLIAM COX
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
August 3, 1946 – June 5, 1968
Service recordJames William Cox, of Prineville, Oregon, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 5, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 60W, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 60W · Line 16
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 3, 1946
- Home of record
- Prineville, Oregon (Crook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 5, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date June 5, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 60W, Line 16
- JOHN HARVEY CARSONFirst Lieutenant · June 5, 1968
- LONNIE LEONARD CLEAVEPrivate First Class · June 5, 1968
- CLIFFORD LYMAN EATONPrivate First Class · June 5, 1968
- JAMES OLIVER ELLSWORTHSergeant · June 5, 1968
Same unit, same day
- MACARTHUR G GEESergeant · Panel 60W, Line 17
- GAYLORD BLAIN HENDRICKSONPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 60W, Line 21
From Prineville
- HENRY LEE CRAMERSergeant · August 3, 1966
- JOE IRVIN WOODCorporal · November 27, 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.