John W. Cox
Private 1st Class, Army
WW2
Company B, 53rd Armored Infantry Battalion, 4th Armored Division
Born 10/27/1924, Johnson County
Deceased 04/01/1945 (20) DOW. Buried Pleasant Grove Cemetery, Jonesboro, TN
Unit awarded Croix de Guerre with Palm twice and the French Foueeage
Cox enlisted 12/7/1944 and after training left Boston to finish training in England for the invasion of Normandy. On July 11, the 4 th Armored Division landed at Utah Beach and after days of fighting secured the Coutances area. In the following months they moved steadily through France – Viviers, Boisi de Serres Dieuze, crosse the Saar River taking Singling, Bining and Baerendorf. The unit was awarded the Croix de Guerre with Palm twice and the French Foueeage. In December they raced northwest into Belgium covering 150 miles in 19 hours – moving continually they liberated Ohrdruf Concentration Camp, the first Nazi camp liberated by US troops. During this period, PFC Cox was wounded and died on April 1, 1945.
WW2
Company B, 53rd Armored Infantry Battalion, 4th Armored Division
Born 10/27/1924, Johnson County
Deceased 04/01/1945 (20) DOW. Buried Pleasant Grove Cemetery, Jonesboro, TN
Unit awarded Croix de Guerre with Palm twice and the French Foueeage
Cox enlisted 12/7/1944 and after training left Boston to finish training in England for the invasion of Normandy. On July 11, the 4 th Armored Division landed at Utah Beach and after days of fighting secured the Coutances area. In the following months they moved steadily through France – Viviers, Boisi de Serres Dieuze, crosse the Saar River taking Singling, Bining and Baerendorf. The unit was awarded the Croix de Guerre with Palm twice and the French Foueeage. In December they raced northwest into Belgium covering 150 miles in 19 hours – moving continually they liberated Ohrdruf Concentration Camp, the first Nazi camp liberated by US troops. During this period, PFC Cox was wounded and died on April 1, 1945.
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