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RICHARD PAUL COX
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 10, 1948 – March 22, 1970
Service recordRichard Paul Cox, of Rialto, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 22, 1970, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 33
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. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- December 10, 1948
- Home of record
- Rialto, California (San Bernardino County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 22, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date March 22, 1970; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Long Province that day. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 33
- THOMAS ALAN DELANEYPrivate First Class · March 22, 1970
- DONALD TERRY GRAHAMWarrant Officer 1 · March 22, 1970
- NOEL AUSTIN HARRIS JRFirst Lieutenant · March 22, 1970
- MICHAEL JAMES HATFIELDWarrant Officer 1 · March 22, 1970
From Rialto
- CARL MERLIN GEBHART JRCorporal · April 30, 1966
- CLIFFORD EDWARD HAKESPrivate First Class · February 28, 1967
- ROBERT STERLING MUMMERTSpecialist Four · July 5, 1967
- GAYLORD EUGENE NOOTZSecond Lieutenant · July 12, 1967
- STEVEN ALLEN GUTHRIESpecialist Four · January 31, 1968
- TERRENCE R FEIGENBUTZSpecialist Four · February 1, 1968
- ROBERT ALLEN ROMOPrivate First Class · May 2, 1968
- TOBY WINDFIELD STREETFirst Lieutenant · January 18, 1969
- CHARLES ALBERT VANHORNSpecialist Four · March 7, 1970
- GARLIN JERIS HENDERSON JRSpecialist Four · March 12, 1970
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.