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NATHANIEL COX JR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 17, 1950 – March 18, 1970
Service recordNathaniel Cox JR, of Goldsboro, North Carolina, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 18, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 17
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- December 17, 1950
- Home of record
- Goldsboro, North Carolina (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 18, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date March 18, 1970; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 12W, Line 17
- OSCAR ALLEN CONNELLSpecialist Four · March 18, 1970
- RALPH RONALD CUMMINGSPrivate First Class · March 18, 1970
- CAROL DEAN DALESergeant · March 18, 1970
- LAWRENCE SCOTT MILLERCorporal · March 18, 1970
From Goldsboro
- DONALD EDWARD DANIELSSpecialist Four · February 14, 1966
- GEORGE HENRY WILKINSCommander · July 11, 1966
- CASCO DEVAUGHN HOWELLPrivate · July 20, 1966
- MURRAY LYMAN BORDENMajor · October 13, 1966
- JOSEPH M GRANTHAM IIIPrivate First Class · May 19, 1967
- RICHARD VERNON RIGGSStaff Sergeant · May 14, 1968
- BOBBY RAY LANEPrivate · June 18, 1968
- EDMOND RAY TOLERPrivate First Class · August 13, 1968
- EDGAR FELTON DAVISLieutenant Colonel · September 17, 1968
- DAN LAVERNE JENKINSLance Corporal · January 29, 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.