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Personal info

Full name
COX, Leon
Date of birth
7 November 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Franklin County, Illinois
Hometown
Illinios

Military service

Service number
36663638
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
393rd Infantry Regiment,
99th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
1 December 1944
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
G 6 71

Immediate family

Members
Otto Cox (father)
Lura Cox (mother)
William R. Cox (brother)
Billie J. Cox (sister)
Charles Cox (brother)
Paul Cox (brother)

More information

Together with his father and his brother William, Leon Cox ran a trucking business.

His brother William is buried at the American Military Cemetery and Memorial of Brittany, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Carla Mans, www.wwiimemorial.com, archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Southern Illinoisan 22 July 2001