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LEON DAVID COX
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 4, 1934 – May 17, 1969
Service recordLeon David Cox, of Jamestown, North Dakota, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 17, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 28
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Cannon Crewmember (13B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- May 4, 1934
- Home of record
- Jamestown, North Dakota (Stutsman County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 17, 1969
- Age
- 35
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date May 17, 1969; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 74 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 28
- ARTHUR JAMES ARTKOPSpecialist Four · May 17, 1969
- DALE FRAZIER BROWNSpecialist Four · May 17, 1969
- THOMAS LEE CHRISTIANSENCorporal · May 17, 1969
- PAUL ALLEN COWANLance Corporal · May 17, 1969
From Jamestown
- FRED WALTER JANSONIUSPrivate First Class · February 2, 1968
- LESLIE LOUIS CARTERPetty Officer First Class · July 1, 1968
- DOUGLAS CLEMENS KLOSESpecialist Four · October 27, 1968
- WESLEY ERWIN MUELLERSpecialist Four · July 25, 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.