World War II Honoree

Charles A. Cox

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Pawnee, Oklahoma

Honored By

Robert S. Cox

ENLISTED IN MILITARY SERVICE IN 1941. TRAINED AND SERVED IN THE AMERICAN THEATER AS A ENLISTED MEMBER OF THE ARMY MEDICAL CORPS, INCLUDING AT THE STATION HOSPITAL AT CAMP BOWIE AT BROWNWOOD, TEXAS. APPLIED AND WAS ACCEPTED FOR OFFICER TRAINING. GRADUATED FROM OFFICER CANDIDATE SCHOOL (OCS) AT CAMP BARKELEY AT ABILINE, TEXAS, AND WAS COMMISSIONED A SECOND LIEUTENANT. SERVED OVERSEAS IN THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER DURING THE WAR, INCLUDING IN THE CHINA-BURMA-INDIA (CBI) AREA IN INDIA FROM 1942-1944. THEN SERVED OVERSEAS IN THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATER IN FRANCE FROM MARCH-NOVEMBER, 1945 IN THE EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (ETO). AWARDED THE GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, AMERICAN DEFENSE SERVICE MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL. HONORABLY DISCHARGED IN 1946 WITH THE RANK OF FIRST LIEUTENANT AND ISSUED THE HONORABLE SERVICE LAPEL BUTTON. CONTINUED IN U.S. ARMY SERVICE AFTER THE WAR AND SERVED UNTIL AGAIN HONORABLY DISCHARGED WITH THE RANK OF CAPTAIN.