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Personal info

Full name
COX, Leonard L
Date of birth
1920
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Texas
Hometown
Wichita County, Texas

Military service

Service number
6952983
Rank
Technical Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
K Company,
3rd Battalion,
137th Infantry Regiment,
35th Infantry Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died non-Battle
Date of death
21 February 1945
Place of death
Limburg an der Lahn, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
K 27 5

More information

T/Sgt Leonard L. Cox attended college for two years before he joined the Regular Army on 17 November 1939.

He died at Stalag IX-B.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record / WWII Prisoner of War Data File, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record, After Action Report 35th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - HGWells
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