Edward Wayne Cox

Company A 1st Battalion 22nd Infantry

4th Infantry Division

DOW 12/08/1944

Edward Wayne "Sonny Boy" Cox was born in Red River Parish, Louisiana on September 4, 1925.

His home of residence was listed as Coushatta, Red River Parish, Louisiana.
His religion was listed as Protestant.

His Army serial number indicates he was drafted into the Army.

The application for his grave marker indicates he entered the Army on November 19, 1943.

He was assigned to Company A from the 92nd Replacement Battalion on November 24, 1944.

Private Cox died on December 8, 1944, of wounds received in action in Germany
on December 3, 1944, during the Battle of the Hürtgen Forest.

Louisiana Veterans Honor Medal

Edward Cox and his wife Cuetta Bamburg Cox

Photo by Patsy Smith from the Find A Grave website

The official entry in the casualty list pages for Edward W. Cox.
From the 22nd Infantry After Action Report of December 1944.

Edward W. Cox was buried in the temporary U.S. Military Cemetery,
Henri-Chapelle Cemetery, Eupen, Belgium and some time later
his remains were returned to the United States where he was
reinterred in Louisiana.

Burial:
Thomas-Wren Cemetery
Martin (Red River Parish)
Red River Parish
Louisiana, USA

Grave marker for Edward W. Cox

Photo by Patsy Smith from the Find A Grave website

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