World War II Honoree

Thurman T. Cox

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Cane Hill, Arkansas

Honored By

Pauline Cox

Relationship

Wife

SENT TO EUROPEAN THEATRE APRIL 6, 1944; FOUGHT ON NORMANDY BEACH AND ALSO IN SOUTHERN FRANCE IN COMPANY C, 358TH INFANTRY, 90TH DIVISION, 3RD ARMY UNDER GENERAL PATTON. JULY 22, 1944 PRIOR TO BEING WOUNDED AT ST. LO, RECEIVED FIELD PROMOTION TO SERGEANT; NOT CONFIRMED SINCE ENTIRE UNIT WAS KILLED, CAPTURED OR WOUNDED. HONOREE WAS SEVERELY WOUNDED, UNDERWENT EXTENSIVE SURGERIES IN FIELD HOSPITALS AND IN ENGLAND PRIOR TO DEPARTURE DECEMBER 26, 1944 TO PERCY JONES HOSPITAL CENTER IN FORT CUSTER, MICHIGAN FOR RECUPERATION. RECEIVED COMBAT INFANTRYMAN BADGE, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN RIBBON WITH 2 BRONZE STARS, GOOD CONDUCT RIBBON, AMERICAN THEATRE RIBBON, VICTORY RIBBON AND PURPLE HEART. HONORABLE DISABILITY DISCHARGE JANUARY 31, 1946.