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Gregory A Cox

Gregory A Cox

US Army Carmichaels, PA Age: 21 Views: 1663

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Name: Army Spc. Gregory A. Cox

Age: 21

From: Carmichaels, Pa.

Assigned to 1st Battalion, 77th Armor Regiment, 1st Infantry Division, Schweinfurt, Germany

Incident: Army Spc. Gregory A. Cox was killed Sept. 27 when his military vehicle was unintentionally run off the road by a civilian vehicle in Balad, Iraq.

Died: September 27, 2004


Pennsylvania soldier killed in Iraq

Associated Press

CARMICHAELS, Pa. — A soldier from Greene County was killed in Iraq on Monday, officials said.

Military officials on Wednesday gave conflicting accounts of the Humvee accident which claimed the life of Spc. Gregory Cox, 21, of Carmichaels. Cox was assigned to the 1st Infantry Division.

According to Jack Gordon, a spokesman for the 99th Regional Readiness Command, which handles information on western Pennsylvania casualties, Cox was riding in an armored Humvee when an improvised explosive device detonated, causing the vehicle to overturn.

“Cox, a gunner in the vehicle, later died of injuries he sustained in the attack on the unit’s convoy,” Gordon said in a news...

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1st Battalion, 77th Armor Regiment, 1st Infantry Division, Schweinfurt, Germany

Incident

Army Spc. Gregory A. Cox was killed Sept. 27 when his military vehicle was unintentionally run off the road by a civilian vehicle in Balad, Iraq.

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Gregory A Cox
2008-04-09
May the grace of God, the love of Jesus, and the peace of the Holy Spirit be with you and your family forever.