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RICHARD LEIGH COX
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
September 7, 1947 – May 27, 1969
Service recordRichard Leigh Cox, of Shakopee, Minnesota, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on May 27, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 116 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 116
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Unit (as recorded)
- BLT 1 26 MAR 9 MAB
- Born
- September 7, 1947
- Home of record
- Shakopee, Minnesota (Scott County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 27, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date May 27, 1969; eight of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “BLT 1 26 MAR 9 MAB”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 116
- GARY KENT SMITHPrivate · May 26, 1969
- CHARLES DWAYNE ERVINPrivate First Class · May 27, 1969
- GARY CARL FASSELCorporal · May 27, 1969
- CHARLES CLINTON FLEEKSergeant · May 27, 1969
- GARY RICHARD GUESTCorporal · May 27, 1969
From Shakopee
- GEORGE PETER PERKINSPrivate First Class · May 15, 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.