World War II Honoree

Warren Russell Cox

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Buena Vista, Tennessee

Honored By

Suzanne Bashinsky

Relationship

Daughter

Pacific Theater. Awarded the Air Medal with 4 oak leaf clusters, Asiatic-Pacific Theater Ribbon with 4 bronze stars, Good Conduct Medal, Philippine Liberation Ribbon with 1 Bronze Star. Flew 38 missions in the South Pacific as the gunner on a B-24 plane. Served in battles in the Philippine Islands, New Guinea, Northern Solomon Islands, Bismarck Archipelago.