Name:
Army Spc. Jason N. Cox
Age:
21
From:
Elyria, Ohio;
Assigned to
the 3rd Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C.;
Incident:
Army Spc. Jason N. Cox died June 16 in Balad, Iraq, of wounds sustained near Hillah, when his vehicle encountered an improvised explosive device.
Died:
June
16, 2008
Ohio soldier killed by IED in Iraq
The Associated Press
ELYRIA, Ohio — A soldier due home next month on leave from Iraq was killed by an improvised explosive device, his father said.
Pfc. Jason Cox, 21, of Elyria, died Monday, his father, Gregory Cox, told The (Elyria) Chronicle-Telegram.
Cox had been deployed in Iraq for a year and was scheduled to return to Ohio in mid-July. After his leave, he was to serve another eight months.
“We’ll miss him,” Gregory Cox said. “But we know he was saved. He was a Christian, so I have confidence he’s with Jesus Christ in heaven.”
Cox followed two older brothers into the military.
Matthew Cox is serving in Kuwait and has been...
Occupation
the 3rd Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C.;
Incident
Army Spc. Jason N. Cox died June 16 in Balad, Iraq, of wounds sustained near Hillah, when his vehicle encountered an improvised explosive device.