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ROY ALLEN COX
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
June 21, 1944 – May 9, 1968
Service recordRoy Allen Cox, of Ft Worth, Texas, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on May 9, 1968, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 57E, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 57E · Line 20
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
- Boatswain's Mate (BM)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MOBILE RIVERINE FORCE TF 117 SQ 11 ASLT DIV 11
- Born
- June 21, 1944
- Home of record
- Ft Worth, Texas (Tarrant County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 9, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
127 names on the Wall carry the date May 9, 1968; he was the only one lost in Định Tường Province that day. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “MOBILE RIVERINE FORCE TF 117 SQ 11 ASLT DIV 11”, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 57E, Line 20
- FRANK WILLIAM ELLIOTTStaff Sergeant · May 9, 1968
- RUSSELL LARNED ENGS IIISergeant · May 9, 1968
- LEROY FERGUSONPlatoon Sergeant · May 9, 1968
- TIMOTHY GEORGE FITZMAURICELance Corporal · May 9, 1968
From Ft Worth
- GEORGE MARKOSCaptain · February 7, 1965
- CHARLES M DANSBYCaptain · April 24, 1965
- JACK WILTON WEATHERBYCaptain · July 29, 1965
- PAUL WAYNE MANSIRPrivate First Class · September 11, 1965
- JAMES EDWARD THOMASPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- DONALD JAY TANNERLance Corporal · December 4, 1965
- DONALD REY HAWLEYCaptain · December 17, 1965
- OTHA THEANDER THOMPSONCorporal · August 24, 1965
- HARVEY WAYNE JONESPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- LEWIS DOUGLAS BELLMajor · March 5, 1966
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.