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Personal info

Full name
COX, Owen Everett
Date of birth
10 April 1910
Age
34
Place of birth
Illinois
Hometown
Effingham County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
16017171
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
10th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
13 September 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Arnaville, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 21 54

Immediate family

Members
Everett Cox (father)
Gertrude B. (Dowty) Cox (mother)
Loren D. Cox (brother)
Vivian G. Cox (sister)
Ruth S. Cox (sister)
Cleta V. Cox (sister)
Ellen L. Cox (sister)
Jean E. Cox (sister)

More information

S/Sgt Owen E. Cox enlisted in the Regular Army in Peoria, Illinois on 22 October 1940.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.findagrave.com, www.ancestry.com - John Elston Family Tree, "A footsoldier for Patton" - Michael C. Bilder/James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry division in the ETO

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Nomdeplum / Jane Ries