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MITCHELL EDWARD COX
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 7, 1944 – July 22, 1966
Service recordMitchell Edward Cox, of Louisville, Kentucky, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 22, 1966, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 58
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- B CO 1 BN 5 MAR 1 MARDIV
- Born
- January 7, 1944
- Home of record
- Louisville, Kentucky (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 22, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date July 22, 1966; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 58
- JOHN JAMES FLEMINGPrivate First Class · July 22, 1966
- DENNIS ARNOLD LANORELance Corporal · July 22, 1966
- DORRIS EDWARD PATTONSecond Lieutenant · July 22, 1966
- JOHN WHILDEN PERICHPrivate First Class · July 22, 1966
From Louisville
- FERGUS COLEMAN GROVES IICaptain · February 2, 1962
- ROBERT SHERMAN MOSIERSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- DON IRA WILLIAMSONColonel · October 24, 1964
- DONALD GORDON RADCLIFFMajor · August 18, 1965
- LEE ROY JAMESGunnery Sergeant · September 5, 1965
- JERRY DWAYNE UNDERWOODPrivate First Class · September 18, 1965
- GARY LOUIS DOWELLCorporal · October 27, 1965
- THOMAS EDWARD THAYER JRSergeant Major · November 8, 1965
- BOBBY LEE FAVORSSergeant · February 4, 1966
- KENNETH RUSHPrivate First Class · February 7, 1966
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.