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First Name: Oscar
Last Name: Cox
Birthplace: Commerce, TX, USA
Gender: Male
Branch: Army (1784 - present)
Home of Record: Breckenridge, TX |
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Middle Name: W.
Date of Birth: 22 March 1918
Date of Death: 28 May 2000
Rank: Technician Fifth Grade
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Oscar Wheeler Cox
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Engagements: • World War II (1941 - 1945)
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Biography:
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Oscar Wheeler Cox
Technician Fifth Grade, U. S. Army
Silver Star
Headquarters, 36th Infantry Division, General Orders No. 34 (1944)
(UNCONFIRMED – Citation Needed): Oscar W. Cox, United States Army, is reported to have been awarded the Silver Star under the below-listed General Orders for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action against the enemy while serving with the 36th Infantry Division during World War II.
The War Department made a press release about the awarded Silver Star in SIS press release A-401.
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Texas Exceptional Gallantry
added by drjones46 on 6/29/2025.
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Honoree ID: 338700 |
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