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LEWIS EARL COX
Corporal · U.S. Army
October 18, 1949 – May 19, 1970
Service recordLewis Earl Cox, of Ponca City, Oklahoma, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 19, 1970, in Cambodia, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 64
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 18, 1949
- Home of record
- Ponca City, Oklahoma (Kay County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 19, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date May 19, 1970. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 127 of its members that month.
He died in Cambodia while the Cambodian incursion was under way. From 29 April to 30 June 1970, U.S. and South Vietnamese forces crossed into Cambodia to attack North Vietnamese base areas and supply caches; the announcement set off campus protests, including at Kent State.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 64
- ROBERT WAYNE COONSSergeant · May 19, 1970
- FLOYD EDWARD FULLER JRCorporal · May 19, 1970
- KENNETH WALTER GONDERCorporal · May 19, 1970
- RICHARD LEE HERRINGTON JRPrivate First Class · May 19, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT WAYNE COONSSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 64
- KENNETH WALTER GONDERCorporal · Panel 10W, Line 64
- BOBBY JOE LEMONSSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 65
- LARRY JAMES RIGNEYPrivate First Class · Panel 10W, Line 66
From Ponca City
- WILLIAM DONALD REYNOLDSCaptain · March 28, 1965
- CLARENCE GENE FORMANPrivate First Class · June 18, 1966
- VERN LEE PRAYSergeant · January 9, 1967
- JAMES HARRELL FOWLERPrivate First Class · April 5, 1967
- JAMES JOHNSON JRLance Corporal · May 21, 1967
- EDGAR ALLEN CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · December 19, 1967
- FREDERICK EUGENE ROUSESpecialist Four · September 28, 1968
- LARRY DEAN KEELERSpecialist Five · December 15, 1969
- ELROY FREDERICK WELLSStaff Sergeant · December 27, 1970
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.