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Personal info

Full name
COX, Orville Lee
Date of birth
5 May 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Kingsport, Sullivan County, Tennessee
Hometown
Kingsport, Sullivan County, Tennessee

Military service

Service number
34509343
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
30th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
25 January 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Riedwihr – Rosenkranz –Houssen, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 30 14

Immediate family

Members
Clarence L. Cox (father)
Lizzie Cox (mother)
Hazel Cox (sister)
Gladys Cox (sister)
Earl Cox (brother)
Paul Cox (brother)
Robert Cox (brother)
James C. Cox (brother)
Ray Cox (brother)
Ruth E. Cox (sister)

More information

Pfc Orville L. Cox was a textile worker, employed by Tennessee Eastman Corporation.
He enlisted at Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia on 31 January 1943.
He was killed by artillery shell fragments in the head.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men / US WW2 Hospital Admission Cards, History 3rd Infantry Division WWII
Photo source: www.findagrave – Andy, Kingsport Times - 2 May 1943