World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Loel D. Cox
Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Comanche, Texas
Honored By
Loel Dene Cox
Survivor, USS Indianapolis - Flagship of Fifth Fleet, with Admiral Spruance aboard, sank by Japanese sub after delivery of first Atomic Bomb to Tinian. Aboard at Tokyo raids, Iwo Jima and was hit by suicide plane at Okinawa. Received Purple Heart.