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SHERBERT LEON COX
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
August 18, 1932 – September 23, 1969
Service recordSherbert Leon Cox, of Norfolk, Virginia, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 23, 1969, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 129 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 129
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 18, 1932
- Home of record
- Norfolk, Virginia (Norfolk (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 23, 1969
- Age
- 37
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date September 23, 1969; five of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 129
- STEPHEN JOHN CHANEYCaptain · September 23, 1969
- GALEN EARL HAYNIEPrivate First Class · September 23, 1969
- MICHAEL ALLEN KNECHTGESPrivate First Class · September 23, 1969
- ELWOOD JOHN ROEHLSpecialist Five · September 23, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT ALLEN COOKESpecialist Four · Panel 18W, Line 128
- GALEN EARL HAYNIEPrivate First Class · Panel 18W, Line 129
- ROBERTO SALAZARSpecialist Five · Panel 17W, Line 1
- JOHN EDWARD WRIGHTPrivate First Class · Panel 17W, Line 2
From Norfolk
- OSCAR BRANCH WESTON JRCaptain · March 23, 1961
- HUMBERT ROQUE VERSACECaptain · October 29, 1963
- WILLIAM LEROY SIEGRISTMaster Sergeant · December 30, 1964
- EDWARD RAY DODGESergeant Major · December 31, 1964
- WILLIAM N MILLERCaptain · November 12, 1965
- EDWARD J WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · January 11, 1966
- MONTE D BROOKSPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- JOHNNY PAUL PRICEPrivate First Class · February 9, 1966
- ROBERT LEE HOSKINS JRStaff Sergeant · February 26, 1966
- EVERETT ALVIN MCPHERSONMajor · March 18, 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.