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JOSEPH LEE COX
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
June 24, 1940 – April 18, 1971
Service recordJoseph Lee Cox, of Memphis, Tennessee, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 18, 1971, in Darlac Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 132 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 132
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 First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- June 24, 1940
- Home of record
- Memphis, Tennessee (Shelby County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 18, 1971
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Darlac
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date April 18, 1971; he was the only one lost in Darlac Province that day. In April 1971, 292 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 132
- RICHARD GEORGE TOLERStaff Sergeant · April 17, 1971
- ROGER NELVIN CARPENTERPetty Officer Third Class · April 18, 1971
- RAYMOND EDWARD HAUSERPrivate First Class · April 18, 1971
- RONALD JAY PETERSSpecialist Four · April 18, 1971
From Memphis
- JESSE ALEXANDER GRAYSergeant First Class · June 12, 1964
- ANDREW DAYTON PARKER JRMajor · June 18, 1965
- JOHN CARLOS HARRISSergeant · July 21, 1965
- WALTER LEWIS SMITHPrivate First Class · August 19, 1965
- CLAUDE TALBERT JRPrivate First Class · October 8, 1965
- WILLIAM CLYDE HARPERSergeant · October 10, 1965
- DANIEL DAVID HARDENSergeant · November 1, 1965
- RANDLE TOM WOODSLance Corporal · November 6, 1965
- KELLY EUGENE WHITAKERPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- MELVIN FRANK FORTSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
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.