Cox, Harold Ray

1922 - 1974  (52 years)

• Name	Cox, Harold Ray
  		Clay City 1st Grade 1928 1st grade Apr 20, 1928 Front: Mildred Wilson, Mary Barbara Ausbrook, Sadie Marie Crackel, Rosie Mae Wiese, Grace McDowell, Georgia Helen Scrugham, Charles William Hohlbauch, Gerald Murvin. Back row: teacher, Amy Dean, Fay Brainard, Sylvester Braden, John McIlvain, Harold Ray Cox, James Gipson. Contributed by Doris (Mayo)…
  Birth	31 Jan 1922	Illinois   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Reference Number	COX.H002
  _FGRAVE	160945431
  Military Service	World War II, Gunner's Mate First Class, United States Navy  [2]
  	Entered active service as an apprentice seaman on December 7, 1942. Completed boot camp and Seabee training at Naval Construction Training Center, Camp Peary, Williamsburg, Virginia and further trained at the Amphibious Training Base, Fort Pierce, Florida. Thereafter, served at Naval Construction Training Center, Davisville, Rhode Island and with Construction Maintenance Unit 578 overseas. Earned the Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal and the WWII Victory Medal. Honorably discharged as a Gunner's Mate First Class on May 20, 1946 at the Naval Personnel Separation Center, Great Lakes, Illinois. This information has been posted on the National World War II Memorial's Registry of Remembrances website by Robert Medley Gatewood. It is entered here with his permission. Source: http://www.wwiimemorial.com/Registry/plaque.aspx?honoreeID=2057839
  		United States of America Flag, 48 Stars (1912-1959) In 1912, two stars were added to the United States flag, representing Arizona and New Mexico, bringing the total number of stars to 48. They were arranged in six rows of eight stars each. American fighting men would fight under this flag during four wars: World War I, World War II, the Korean War, and the beginning of the Vietnam War. (In 1959,…
  		United States Navy
  		United States Navy
  		Seaman 1st Class (S1c), United States Navy, World War II Seaman Branch rating badges were the only ones worn on the right sleeve, all other branches were worn on the left.
  		Seaman 1st Class (S1c), United States Navy, World War II, Shoulder Piping Seaman Branch rating badges were the only ones worn on the right sleeve; all other branches were worn on the left.
  		United States Navy Enlisted Rates
  		Good Conduct Medal, United States Navy
  		Good Conduct Medal, United States Armed Forces
  		American Campaign Medal, United States Military
  		American Campaign Medal, United States
  		Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, United States Armed Forces
  		Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, United States Armed Forces
  		World War II Victory Medal, United States Military
  		World War II Victory Medal, United States Military
  		World War II (1939-1945)
  		Naval Station Great Lakes, North Chicago, Illinois
  		Camp Peary, Williamsburg, Virginia
  		Brochure, World War II Memorial, Flora, Illinois, Nov 11, 2007 On Veterans' Day, 2005, the city of Flora, Illinois dedicated a memorial to all known Clay County, Illinois World War II Veterans. Located on the south side of the city library, this is a copy of the brochure honoring that event. This 2007 brochure adds a matrix for locating the memorial brick that was laid in honor of each veteran. …
  		World War II Honoree, Cox, Harold Ray
  Death	10 Aug 1974
  		Obituary, Cox, Harold R
  Burial	Hillcrest Memorial Park, Bakersfield, Kern County, California
  Person ID	I18961	Carl Wayne Gray Research
  Last Modified	25 Mar 2024

  
  

  Mother	?, Mary,   b. 1905, Illinois
  Marriage	Y  [1]
  Family ID	F8587	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 31 Jan 1922 - Illinois Burial - - Hillcrest Memorial Park, Bakersfield, Kern County, California  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S37] Ancestry.com, 1930 United States Federal Census, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois, (District 0003) (Village), image 13, page 7a, (https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/6224/4584337_00604?backurl=https%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.com%2fsearch%2fdb.aspx%3fd), none. (Reliability: 2). [S4911] https://www.wwiimemorial.com/, World War II Honoree, Harold Ray Cox, (https://wwiiregistry.abmc.gov/honoree-plaque/?honoree_id=2057839) (Reliability: 2).