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JOHN DAVIES COX JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 15, 1947 – July 3, 1968
Service recordJohn Davies Cox JR, of Tucson, Arizona, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 3, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 54W, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54W · Line 41
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- April 15, 1947
- Home of record
- Tucson, Arizona (Pima County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 3, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date July 3, 1968; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 54W, Line 41
- LAWRENCE NELSON CONEYSergeant · July 3, 1968
- RAYMOND COYLE DALEYFirst Lieutenant · July 3, 1968
- JOHN DUDLEY DALHOUSECaptain · July 3, 1968
- THOMAS ALPHONSE DAVINOSergeant · July 3, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH MERLE HOUTZCorporal · Panel 53W, Line 1
From Tucson
- JAMES ATLEE WHEELERCaptain · April 18, 1965
- VICTOR BRUCE KELLEYCaptain · April 28, 1965
- JOHN PATRICK BURNSPrivate First Class · July 7, 1965
- LAWRENCE WILLIAM JORDANLance Corporal · July 30, 1965
- MAX DUANE LUKENBACHCommander · December 22, 1965
- BOB CLARENCE HUNT JRSpecialist Four · January 29, 1966
- CLYDE L NORVELLE JRWarrant Officer 1 · March 30, 1966
- JAMES RILEY HOWELLCorporal · May 12, 1966
- DAVID WILLIAM JOHNSTONPrivate First Class · May 29, 1966
- WARREN ORISON KNEPPER JRSergeant · June 24, 1966
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.