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MARTIN COX
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
November 18, 1929 – April 7, 1966
Service recordMartin Cox, of Warrensburg, Missouri, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 7, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 92 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 92
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
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- November 18, 1929
- Home of record
- Warrensburg, Missouri (Johnson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 7, 1966
- Age
- 36
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date April 7, 1966. In April 1966, 406 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 106 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 92
- JOHN MARSHALL BROWN IIIStaff Sergeant · April 7, 1966
- WALTER CHARLES FILLMAN SRSergeant · April 7, 1966
- JOSEPH SAMUEL GODWINPetty Officer Third Class · April 7, 1966
- HARRY GENE LUTESergeant · April 7, 1966
Same unit, same day
- WALTER CHARLES FILLMAN SRSergeant · Panel 6E, Line 92
From Warrensburg
- RONALD LEON BOWMANPrivate First Class · August 23, 1966
- TROY EDWARD HIRNI IISpecialist Four · January 31, 1968
- HAROLD HENRY HUNTERSergeant · January 27, 1969
- THOMAS BRIGHT JRSpecialist Four · March 12, 1969
- CHARLES FRANK MORLEYMajor · February 18, 1970
- CLYDE LEE COFFMANSpecialist Five · April 4, 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.