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Personal info

Full name
COX, Earl Jones
Date of birth
10 July 1926
Age
18
Place of birth
Queen City, Cass County, Texas
Hometown
Cass County, Texas

Military service

Service number
38633657
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
26th Infantry Regiment,
1st Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
1 March 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Müddersheim-Hochkirchen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
F 1 29

Immediate family

Members
Ernest O. Cox (father)
Mady R. (Washington) Cox (mother)
Ernest O. Cox (brother)

More information

Pvt Earl J. Cox enlisted in Dallas, Texas on 22 August 1944. He attended high school for 2 years.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Raf Dyckmans, Carla Mans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Family Trees / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.history.army.mil/html/bookshelves/resmat/ww2list.html

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Service Book - Cass County, Texas