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JIMMY RICHARD COX
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 4, 1947 – May 14, 1968
Service recordJimmy Richard Cox, of Kannapolis, North Carolina, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 14, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 60E, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 60E · Line 9
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Wireman (2511)
- Born
- September 4, 1947
- Home of record
- Kannapolis, North Carolina (Cabarrus County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 14, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date May 14, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Read the history
Also on Panel 60E, Line 9
- RONALD EMERY CLARKPrivate First Class · May 14, 1968
- ERNEST KENO COTAPetty Officer Second Class · May 14, 1968
- EDWARD DAVID CROWSergeant · May 14, 1968
- JAMES STEPHEN DAHLPrivate First Class · May 14, 1968
From Kannapolis
- JOHN CORNELIUS DUNLAPLance Corporal · April 9, 1967
- JOHN TERRY MCINNISPrivate First Class · September 14, 1968
- JAMES DELANO ROBINSONPrivate First Class · December 2, 1968
- HAROLD REED RICHARDSONPrivate First Class · February 4, 1969
- RAYMOND ERVIN BAUMGARNERStaff Sergeant · March 14, 1969
- LARRY WAYNE WATKINSSpecialist Four · May 9, 1969
- ROBERT LEE HAGER JRCorporal · September 22, 1969
- DONALD MONROE SHUESergeant First Class · November 3, 1969
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.