From: Indiana Book of Merit
COX, JAMES COLLINS (Deceased)
MARION COUNTY
Private first class, 58447, Company K, 28th Infantry, 1st Division
Silver Star. General Orders No. 1, Headquarters 1st Division, Camp Zachary Taylor, Ky., January 1, 1920: The Division Commander cites the following officers and soldiers for gallantry in action and especially meritorious services: . . . James C. Cox, private, Company K, 28th Infantry . . . By command of Major General Summerall: Stephen 0. Fuqua, Colonel, General Staff, Chief of Staff. Official: It. E. Fraile, Lieutenant Colonel, A. G. D., Division Adjutant.
Record. Born May 19, 1901, Brownstown; son of Thomas and Nora Cox. Employee American Hominy Company, Indianapolis. Enlisted June 11, 1917, Jefferson Barracks, Mo. Assigned to Company M, 46th Infantry; transferred to Company M, 28th Infantry; to Company K, 28th Infantry. Private first class, July 19, 1917; private, January 19, 1918. Overseas October 31, 1917. Battles: Cantigny. Wounded May 28, 1918; died of wounds July 20, 1918. Buried in Aisne-Marne American Cemetery, Belleau, Aisne, France—grave 69, row 9, block A.
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Cox James Collins
Name:
James Collins Cox
Rank:
Private
Serial Number:
Unit:
28th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division
Date of Death:
1918-07-20
State:
Indiana
Cemetery:
Aisne-Marne American Cem., Belleau, France
Plot:
A
Row:
9
Grave:
69
Decoration:
Silver Star
Comments: