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Personal info

Full name
COX, Theren C
Date of birth
22 January 1916
Age
28
Place of birth
Croscille, Cumberland County, Tennessee
Hometown
Reeds Ferry, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire

Military service

Service number
31456255
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
HQ & HQ Company,
109th Infantry Regiment,
28th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
2 November 1944
Place of death
Hürtgen Forest, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
A 7 17

Immediate family

Members
Floyd Cox (father)
Lucy (Patterson) Cox (mother)
Hershell Cox (brother)
Cora Cox (sister)
Sylvia Cox (sister)
Winona Cox (sister)
Phylis Cox (sister)
Eunice Cox (sister)
David Cox (brother)
Louis Cox (brother)
Ruby J. Cox (wife)
Ann Cox (daughter)

More information

S/Sgt Theren C. Cox worked as a motorman with the Wood Preserving Company.

He enlisted at Fort Devens, Massachusetts on 18 March 1944 and was sent overseas in August 1944.

He was killed by small arms fire in the chest.

S/Sgt Cox was initially buried in a temporary grave at Henri-Chapelle on 23 December 1944 and was given his final resting place on 25 June 1948.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.archives.gov - Enlistment Record, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census, The Telegraph - 21 November 1944, IDPF

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Merrimack Historical Society