World War II Honoree

Robert Edwon Cox

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Ripley, Oklahoma

Honored By

Robert S. Cox

SERVED AS A MEMBER OF THE MEDICAL CORPS IN THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER. PARTICIPATED IN OPERATIONS AT LEYTE IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS AND ON OKINAWA, JAPAN. DUTIES WERE AT THE FRONT LINES TENDING TO THE WOUNDED. AWARDED THE GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL, AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL. ALSO AWARDED THE PHILIPPINE LIBERATION MEDAL FOR SERVICE IN THE LIBERATION OF THE PHILIPPINES. HONORABLY DISCHARGED WITH THE RANK OF CORPORAL AND ISSUED THE HONORABLE SERVICE LAPEL BUTTON.