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WILLIAM GAYLE COX
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 21, 1949 – March 29, 1971
Service recordWilliam Gayle Cox, of Louisville, Kentucky, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 29, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 91 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 91
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 (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- February 21, 1949
- Home of record
- Louisville, Kentucky (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 29, 1971
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date March 29, 1971; eight of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 91
- RUSSELL LELAND CLAYSergeant · March 29, 1971
- CHARLES HAROLD EDWARDS JRCaptain · March 29, 1971
- KENT DOUGLAS ERICKSONPrivate · March 29, 1971
- MICHAEL ANGELO FRATTALICorporal · March 29, 1971
Same unit, same day
- ROGER ALLEN PEDERSONSpecialist Four · Panel 4W, Line 92
From Louisville
- FERGUS COLEMAN GROVES IICaptain · February 2, 1962
- ROBERT SHERMAN MOSIERSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- DON IRA WILLIAMSONColonel · October 24, 1964
- DONALD GORDON RADCLIFFMajor · August 18, 1965
- LEE ROY JAMESGunnery Sergeant · September 5, 1965
- JERRY DWAYNE UNDERWOODPrivate First Class · September 18, 1965
- GARY LOUIS DOWELLCorporal · October 27, 1965
- THOMAS EDWARD THAYER JRSergeant Major · November 8, 1965
- BOBBY LEE FAVORSSergeant · February 4, 1966
- KENNETH RUSHPrivate First Class · February 7, 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.