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OMMIE TRUMAN COX JR
Major · U.S. Air Force
May 19, 1932 – December 16, 1967
Service recordOmmie Truman Cox JR, of Weatherford, Texas, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He died on December 16, 1967, in Phu Bon Province, South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 9
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Born
- May 19, 1932
- Home of record
- Weatherford, Texas (Parker County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 16, 1967
- Age
- 35
- Province
- Phu Bon
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date December 16, 1967; he was the only one lost in Phu Bon Province that day. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 9
- MICHAEL TIMOTHY COLLINSSpecialist Four · December 16, 1967
- LOUIS NEWTON COOLEY JRLance Corporal · December 16, 1967
- EDWARD ARTHUR FINLAYSpecialist Four · December 16, 1967
- DAVID RANDOLPH GIFFORDSpecialist Five · December 16, 1967
From Weatherford
- RICHARD LAWRENCE MORENOSergeant · November 23, 1967
- TROY DAVID FAULKNERSpecialist Five · April 23, 1969
- LEO CLARK OATMANStaff Sergeant · May 21, 1971
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.