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Years of service
  
1940–1942

Rank
  
Ensign

Name
  
Russell Cox


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Born
  
January 30, 1919 Cambridge, Massachusetts (
1919-01-30
)

Died
  
November 13, 1942(1942-11-13) (aged 23) Pacific Ocean, near Guadalcanal

Allegiance
  
United States of America

Service/branch
  
United States Naval Reserve

Unit
  
New York Navy Yard USS Juneau (CL-52)

Russell M. Cox (January 30, 1919 – November 13, 1942), was a United States Navy officer killed in action during World War II for whom a U.S. Navy ship was named.

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Russell Mills Cox was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on January 30, 1919. Appointed an ensign in the United States Naval Reserve, to rank from August 29, 1940, he attended the Navy Supply Corps School, Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration. He was then assigned to the New York Navy Yard at Brooklyn, New York, as a supply officer, reporting there on March 10, 1942.

Ensign Cox reported to the light cruiser USS Juneau (CL-52) on May 29, 1942 to serve as an assistant disbursing and supply officer. He was reported missing in action when a Japanese submarine torpedoed and sank Juneau off Guadalcanal during the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal on November 13, 1942.

Namesakes

The U.S. Navy destroyer escort USS Russell M. Cox (DE-774) was named for Ensign Cox. Her construction was cancelled in 1944.

References

Russell M. Cox Wikipedia


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