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MICHAEL JOHN COX
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 16, 1947 – April 24, 1968
Service recordMichael John Cox, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 24, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 51E, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51E · Line 44
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- November 16, 1947
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 24, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date April 24, 1968; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 51E, Line 44
- GEORGE BERNARD AYERSCorporal · April 24, 1968
- JOSEPH RICHARD BENNETTPrivate First Class · April 24, 1968
- JOSEPH JAMES BRADYLance Corporal · April 24, 1968
- DAVID JOE CABALLEROCorporal · April 24, 1968
Same unit, same day
- PAUL BAREN CREIGHTONPrivate First Class · Panel 51E, Line 45
- LUIS ANTONIO ORTIZ-PEREZSpecialist Four · Panel 51E, Line 48
- TERRY WILLIAM SHOOTPrivate First Class · Panel 51E, Line 48
- JAY DEE RICHTERSpecialist Four · Panel 51E, Line 49
- JOHN HERSHEL SOUTHCaptain · Panel 51E, Line 49
- JERRY BOB TRUITTPrivate First Class · Panel 52E, Line 1
- RALPH VOSSSpecialist Four · Panel 52E, Line 1
- JOHN MICHAEL WEATHERFORDStaff Sergeant · Panel 52E, Line 1
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 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.