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WILLIAM JOSEPH COX
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 22, 1942 – October 13, 1966
Service recordWilliam Joseph Cox, of Saginaw, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 13, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 72 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 72
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Pioneer (12A)
- Born
- October 22, 1942
- Home of record
- Saginaw, Michigan (Saginaw County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 13, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date October 13, 1966. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 72
- ERNEST GERALD PIPKINSergeant · October 13, 1966
- JOE LUIS RONJESergeant · October 13, 1966
- DAREL LEE SILLSSpecialist Four · October 13, 1966
- GEORGE MICHAEL SMYRYCHYNSKICorporal · October 13, 1966
From Saginaw
- BRICKIE BOWMAN JRPrivate · May 23, 1965
- PAUL HAMILTON JRSergeant · October 3, 1965
- HEZEKIAH GOSS JRSpecialist Five · January 15, 1966
- ROBERT ALLEN KOWALSKICorporal · January 25, 1966
- TERRY R MCLEANStaff Sergeant · April 2, 1966
- MILES DENNIS COOPERPrivate First Class · November 19, 1966
- EDWARD EARL SCHELLPrivate First Class · February 6, 1967
- JOHN ROBERT CUSHMANSpecialist Four · March 20, 1967
- STANLEY FOSTER BARRETTPrivate First Class · April 27, 1967
- RICHARD J LOISELLEPrivate First Class · May 10, 1967
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.