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Ora Lynn Cox

Graduating Class of 1946
Served in World War II

Private
Ora Lynn Cox

Army
319th Engineer Battalion
94th Infantry Division
Company B

Hometown

Madison, WI

Date of Birth

Location of Death

France

Date of Death

Location of Burial

Roselawn Memorial Park, Monona, WI

More About Private Cox

Private Ora Lynn Cox enlisted into the Army in January 1943. He did the Army Specialized Training Program at the University of Florida and was sent overseas in August 1944 with Company B, 319th Engineer Combat Battalion, 94th Infantry Division. Private Cox was killed in action on Oct. 8, 1944, in France. He is buried at Roselawn Memorial Park in Monona, Wisconsin.