Obituaries: S/Sgt. John Porter Cox, 1949, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: January 6, 1949 Winn Parish Enterprise

Reburial of S/Sgt. John Porter Cox Conducted Jan. 4

Military re-burial services for Staff Sergeant John Porter Cox, of Winnfield,
Route Two, who was killed in action in Germany April 16, 1945, were conducted
at the Guin Cemetery near Curry at 2 p.m. Tuesday, January 4, with the Rev. G.
W. Miles officiating.  Interment was in Guin Cemetery under direction of
Southern Funeral Home.

Acting as pallbearers were Clayton Holmes, Julian McCartney, Percy Hallmark,
E. Kinney, B. F. Roberts, Thomas Roberts, J. T. Barber, and Robert Jordan.

Surviving are his father, J. D. Cox of Route Two, Winnfield; four sisters,
Mrs. W. P. Hallmark, Mrs. Will Couch, Mrs. Ray Butler, and Mrs. Oscar Butler;
and four brothers, Jessie, Wesley, Chester, and James, all of Winn Parish.

S/Sgt. Cox was 22 years of age when he was killed on April 16, 1945, while in
action in Germany.  For gallantry in action in Holland he was awarded the
Silver Star medal, after facing enemy fire to rescue wounded comrades.  He had
been awarded the Purple Heart for wounds received Dec. 12, 1944.

Entering service in 1942, he went overseas in August, 1944, and served in
France, Holland, Belgium, and Germany.

Before entering service he had lived all his life in Winn Parish and attended
the Winnfield schools.  He was a member of the Crossroads Baptist Church.


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