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LARRY JAMES COX
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 15, 1944 – October 13, 1966
Service recordLarry James Cox, of Weed Patch, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 13, 1966, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 70
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
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- G CO 2 BN 5 MAR 1 MARDIV
- Born
- December 15, 1944
- Home of record
- Weed Patch, California (Kern County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 13, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date October 13, 1966; five of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 70
- CARL EUGENE GRONQUIST JRLieutenant · July 20, 1965
- DARIUS E BROWNSpecialist Five · October 13, 1966
- ANDREW CHMIELLance Corporal · October 13, 1966
- PHILLIP CARROL FOXPetty Officer Third Class · October 13, 1966
- ANTHONY JOSEPH NIGROCorporal · October 13, 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.