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Personal info

Full name
COX, Anthony J Jr
Date of birth
11 June 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Smithville, Monroe County, Mississippi
Hometown
Montgomery County, Mississippi

Military service

Service number
14001947
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
18th Infantry Regiment,
1st Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
23 November 1944
Place of death
Schönthal, Hürtgen Forest, (Schönthal, near Heistern) Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
D 2 36

Immediate family

Members
Anthony J. Cox (father)
Jeffie M. (Bourland) Cox (mother)
Sargent S. Cox (brother)
James Cox (brother)

More information

Sgt Anthony J. Cox Jr. joined the Regular Army in Jackson, Mississippi on 18 July 1940.

His brother Sgt S. Cox was killed in action in 1943 and is commemorated on the Tablets of the Missing Cambridge Cemetery, England.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.fold3.com, www.findagrave.com, www.ancestry.com - Poma Family Tree, www.history.army.mil/html/bookshelves/resmat/ww2list.html
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet