Husband: Cecil Claude Cox
Born: Feb-25-1919 in New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV 1,2
Died: May- 4-1945 at sea, off Okinawa, Japan 3,4,2
Buried: at sea, off Okinawa, Japan 3
Census: 1940 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV
Occupation: defense worker, Hinton, WV 5
Education: Doddridge Co H.S. (1938)
Military: FC3C, US Navy, USS LSM(R)-190, World War II (killed in action) 6
Father: Jacob Martiney Cox (1867 - 1959)
Mother: Emma Blanche Willis (1876 - 1975)
Wife: Helen Eliza Ingram Married: Jun- 8-1940 in Doddridge Co, WV 7
Born: Oct- 3-1921 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 5,8 Died: Dec-13-1990 in Canton, Stark Co, OH 5,8 Buried: in South Fork Baptist Church Cemetery, Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV 8 Resided: in Canton, Stark Co, OH 9,5 Census: 1940 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1930 in Central District, Doddridge Co, WV Father: Simon Peter Ingram (1880 - 1937) Mother: Ruby Alma Hart (1902 - 1968) Other spouse 2
F Child 1: Living Husband: Living
M Child 2: Living Wife: Living
M Child 3: Living
Sources: (1) Doddridge County Birth Records, West Union, WV, BR Bk 4, p. 34. (2) West Virginia Veterans Memorial Archives Database, http://www.wvculture.org/history/wvmemory/wvvetmem.html. (3) Immediate family. (4) West Union Herald-Record, 5/26/1998, p. 13 - Article by VFW Post 3408. (5) Obituary. (6) West Virginia Veterans Memorial Archives Database, http://www.wvculture.org/history/wvmemory/wvvetmem.html, Cecil Cox's widow was informed by letter that his ship, the USS LSM 190, was sunk 30 miles off the coast of Okinawa. The website www.navsource.org states that the LSM 190(R) was launched on Sep 21 1944, commissioned on Nov 23 1944, and participated in the Okinawa Gunto Campaign Mar 26 to May 4 1944. The ship was hit and sunk by a Japanese Kamikaze plane off Okinawa, 4 May 1945, while on radar picket duty. , http://www.navsource.org/archives/10/06/06190.htm. (7) Doddridge County Court House, West Union, WV, MR Bk 15, p. 17. (8) Headstone. (9) Obituary of mother.