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RUBE ARTHUR COX JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 1, 1947 – January 27, 1968
Service recordRube Arthur Cox JR, of Strunk, Kentucky, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 27, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 35E, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35E · Line 45
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- May 1, 1947
- Home of record
- Strunk, Kentucky (Mccreary County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 27, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
49 names on the Wall carry the date January 27, 1968; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 169 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35E, Line 45
- ROBERT JAMES CORDOVAFireman Apprentice · January 27, 1968
- WILLIAM EDMOND DONOHUEPrivate First Class · January 27, 1968
- DANIEL ESCOBEDOLance Corporal · January 27, 1968
- JOHN ARTHUR FELSHAWPrivate First Class · January 27, 1968
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL VIRGIL PETERSONCorporal · Panel 35E, Line 48
- GEORGE P NICHOLSONStaff Sergeant · Panel 35E, Line 49
- WILLIAM HENRY SCHEIBER JRSpecialist Four · Panel 35E, Line 50
- LARRY WRIGHTSergeant · Panel 35E, Line 50
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.