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RAYMOND PRATER COX
Corporal · U.S. Army
April 5, 1948 – November 16, 1967
Service recordRaymond Prater Cox, of Cincinnati, Ohio, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on November 16, 1967, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 30E, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30E · Line 1
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- April 5, 1948
- Home of record
- Cincinnati, Ohio (Hamilton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 16, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date November 16, 1967; five of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 50 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30E, Line 1
- JESSIE WENDELL CONNERPrivate First Class · November 16, 1967
- PAUL MARVIN CRONK JRSpecialist Four · November 16, 1967
- DAVID KEITH DEMORESTSergeant · November 16, 1967
- MICHAEL JAMES HOOVERPrivate First Class · November 16, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT AUSTINSergeant · Panel 29E, Line 103
- JERALD WAYNE KEMPPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 3
- PATRICK JEROME LONGSergeant · Panel 30E, Line 4
- KENNETH LEE WITTPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 6
From Cincinnati
- ROBERT DAVID BENNETTCaptain · November 5, 1962
- TOM WARDSergeant First Class · August 20, 1964
- KENNETH EDWARD HUMELieutenant Commander · March 29, 1965
- JAMES MELVEN PENNYPrivate First Class · July 15, 1965
- GENE RAYMOND GOLLAHONLieutenant · August 13, 1965
- LEONARD FREDERICK VOGT JRCommander · September 18, 1965
- CLARENCE HENRY GRAYStaff Sergeant · October 5, 1965
- EDWARD KEMPPrivate First Class · October 23, 1965
- CHARLES R DAVIS JRSpecialist Five · November 1, 1965
- TOMMY ALLEN DOAKPrivate First Class · November 17, 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.