Mahoning County OhArchives Obituaries.....Cox, Pfc. William Benjamin July 30, 1944 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/oh/ohfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Jennifer L. Neff ffen@zoominternet.net May 29, 2006, 11:13 am Mahoning Dispatch, Fri, 25 Aug 1944 COX, Pfc. William Benjamin Cox [Husband of Freda nee Post] 1 Mar 1915 to 30 July 1944 29y 4m 29d Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin F. Cox, who reside a half mile north of the village, were notified Monday by the War Department that their son, Pfc. William Benjamin Cox, 29, was killed in action in France July 30th. On Monday Mr. and Mrs. Cox received a letter from Pfc. Cox, written three days before he was killed, in which he said he expected to go into action soon and that he likely would not be able to write for some time. He was serving with an Infantry Unit. Pfc. Cox entered the armed forces April 1, 1943, and after receiving basic training at Camp Wheeler, Ga., he was stationed at Camp Swift., Texas, and Camp Meade, Md., going overseas in November. He landed in England and soon after was sent to Northern Ireland, where he remained until the invasion of France began. Pfc. Cox was born in Youngstown March 1, 1915, and came to Canfield with his parents in 1926. He attended Canfield schools and prior to his induction was employed as a plant maintenance man in the Brier Hill plant of the Youngstown S. & T. Co. He attended St. Patrick’s Church in Youngstown. Surviving besides his parents are his wife, the former Miss Freda Post, whom he married Feb 8th, 1941; a sister, Mrs. Mary Louise Miller of Canfield; three brothers, Charles and George Cox of Youngstown and Pvt. Jack Cox stationed at Camp Fannin, Texas, and his grandmother. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/oh/mahoning/obits/cox846ob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/ohfiles/ File size: 2.1 Kb