SGT EUGENE THOMAS COX
"B" Company
716th Military Police Battalion

Age 21 - From Jackson Heights, New York
Killed on June 30, 1969 - Gia Dinh, South Viet Nam



INFORMATION FOUND AT VIETNAM VETERANS
MEMORIAL FUND WEBSITE (www.vvmf.org)

EUGENE THOMAS COX
is honored on Panel 21W, Row 36 of
the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

Full Name: EUGENE THOMAS COX
Wall Name: EUGENE T COX
Date of Birth: 8/28/1947
Date of Casualty: 6/30/1969
Home of Record: JACKSON HEIGHTS
State: NY
Branch of Service: ARMY
Rank: SGT
Casualty Country: SOUTH VIETNAM
Casualty Province: GIA DINH



EXCERPT FROM "458th TRANSPORTATION COMPANY (PBR)"
(http://leeshomesthree.homestead.com/MP.html)

Below is information gathered on the internet, by Jerry Wallce regarding differant MP units that at one time or the other had MPs serving on Army PBRs...

June 30, 1969 - SGT Eugene T. Cox, 21, of Jackson Heights, New York and PFC James H. Workman, 20, of Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, two military policemen of C Company, 716th MP Battalion, respond to  a report of a drunken soldier in a bar in Saigon. They are shot dead by LTC Nguyen Viet Can, commander of the ARVN Airborne Battalion that guards the Vietnamese Presidential Palace. No charges are filed  against the ARVN officer.



CASUALTY RECORD FOR EUGENE THOMAS COX
FROM WWW.NO-QUARTER.ORG

(http://www.no-quarter.org/gui/detail.php?ID=10758)

GENERAL/PERSONAL
Home: Jackson Heights, New York
Birth Date: 1947-08-28
Sex: Male
Race: Caucasian
Married/Single: Single
Religion: Roman Catholic
Citizen: Yes

MILITARY
Service: Army
Rank: SGT
Serial Number: 52754364
Component: Selective Service
Grade: E5
MOS: 95B40
Length of Service: 01
Start of Tour: 1968-07-29

CASUALTY
Casualty Date: 1969-06-30
Casualty Type: Non-Hostile, Died Other
Reason: Accidental Homicide
Air or Ground: Ground Casualty
Country: South Vietnam
Province: Gia Dinh
Posthumous: Promotion No change
Body Recovered: Body recovered
Location on The Wall: Panel 21W - Row 036
RefNo: 3863
Processed Date: 6906




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