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Personal info

Full name
COX, Robert Mark
Date of birth
3 October 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
13112087
Rank
Corporal
Function
unknown
Unit
310th Infantry Regiment,
78th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
15 March 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
B 9 31

Immediate family

Members
Joseph C. Cox (father)
Claire M. Cox (mother)
Joseph C. Cox (brother)
Claire M. Cox (sister)
Frank T. Cox (brother)
Mary A. Cox (sister)
Joan Cox (sister)

More information

Cpl Robert M. Cox enlisted in Fort George G. Meade, Maryland on 1 March 1943.

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

Photo source: Siem Voogt, www.ancestry.com - U.S. School Yearbooks - University of Pennsylvania 1942