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MICHAEL LOU COX JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 25, 1948 – August 5, 1969
Service recordMichael Lou Cox JR, of Midland, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 5, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 96 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 96
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- February 25, 1948
- Home of record
- Midland, Michigan (Midland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 5, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date August 5, 1969; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 96
- JAMES HOWARD OWENS JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · August 4, 1969
- FRED MICHAEL RAGLANDCorporal · August 4, 1969
- RODNEY FRANKLIN STEVENSSpecialist Four · August 4, 1969
- DANNY LANCE BARRONCorporal · August 5, 1969
From Midland
- JAMES LEE TEWKSBURYPrivate First Class · April 1, 1966
- RONALD LEE LYVEREPrivate First Class · April 25, 1967
- DENNIS DWAYNE SKUTTLance Corporal · July 11, 1967
- WILLIAM GEORGE KEYESSpecialist Four · April 24, 1968
- RICHARD MICHAEL KUCHEKSpecialist Four · May 14, 1968
- STEVEN DALE RUGARPrivate First Class · May 15, 1968
- LARRY LEE COSTLEYSpecialist Four · October 3, 1968
- VERN ERNEST ROOTPrivate First Class · March 14, 1969
- RALPH LOUIS CUTLERSergeant · April 25, 1969
- GARY WILLIAM PLANTEPrivate First Class · May 16, 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.