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ROBERT IVAN COX
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 10, 1949 – August 31, 1969
Service recordRobert Ivan Cox, of Rockwood, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 31, 1969, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 14
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Wheeled Tractor Operator (62L)
- Born
- July 10, 1949
- Home of record
- Rockwood, Pennsylvania (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 31, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date August 31, 1969. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 14
- CHARLIE LYNN COCHRANPrivate First Class · August 31, 1969
- PAUL DOUGLAS DUKESCorporal · August 31, 1969
- DAVID JERRY GIVENSPrivate First Class · August 31, 1969
- LAWRENCE WALTER GLOVERChief Petty Officer · August 31, 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.