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JOHN DENNIS COX II
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 19, 1944 – November 8, 1966
Service recordJohn Dennis Cox II, of Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 8, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 41
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Unit (as recorded)
- G CO 2 BN 3 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- October 19, 1944
- Home of record
- Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina (Halifax County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 8, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date November 8, 1966; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 12E, Line 41
- WILLIAM LOUIS CYRPrivate First Class · November 8, 1966
- DAVID BRIAN DANNFirst Lieutenant · November 8, 1966
- ARTHUR RAYMOND ERSCHOENSpecialist Four · November 8, 1966
- CHARLES MICHAEL TODDPrivate First Class · November 8, 1966
From Roanoke Rapids
- JOSEPH DAVID PRINCE JRSpecialist Four · May 17, 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.