EUGENE THOMAS COX

Officer Rank: Sergeant
Memorial Panel: 28-E: 30
Department: U.S. Department of the Army
End of Watch: June 30, 1969
Cause: SHOT
Age: 21
Years of Service: 1
Description: Military Police Sergeant Cox and PFC James Workman were both fatally shot when they were dispatched to a disturbance call at a nightclub in Saigon, Vietnam. The officers were sent to remove an American officer from the premises and were shot as they entered the club. Three South Vietnamese officers were convicted of aggravated assault.
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