Son of Ambrose J. and Emma L. Cox; born May 5, 1899, Compton, (?) Ky. Employee in planing mill, Rushville, Ind., when he enlisted in U.S. Regular Army April 15, 1917, Indianapolis, Ind. Sent to Jefferson Barracks, Mo.; assigned to Company K, 18th Infantry. Went overseas in June 1917; attached to the First Division. Killed in action July 18, 1918, battle of Soissons.
Sergeant, Co. K, 18th Infantry, 1st Div.
Awarded the Silver Star
Indiana World War Records: Gold Star Honor Roll, A
Record of Indiana Men and Women who died in the service of the United States and the Allied Nations in the World War, 1914-1918 Rush County.
Elbert was an uncle of my wife Betty Jane Cox, and the brother of her dad Capt D. Price Cox Indiana State Police Ret.
Biography courtesy of Jim Hufferd
Son of Ambrose J. and Emma L. Cox; born May 5, 1899, Compton, (?) Ky. Employee in planing mill, Rushville, Ind., when he enlisted in U.S. Regular Army April 15, 1917, Indianapolis, Ind. Sent to Jefferson Barracks, Mo.; assigned to Company K, 18th Infantry. Went overseas in June 1917; attached to the First Division. Killed in action July 18, 1918, battle of Soissons.
Sergeant, Co. K, 18th Infantry, 1st Div.
Awarded the Silver Star
Indiana World War Records: Gold Star Honor Roll, A
Record of Indiana Men and Women who died in the service of the United States and the Allied Nations in the World War, 1914-1918 Rush County.
Elbert was an uncle of my wife Betty Jane Cox, and the brother of her dad Capt D. Price Cox Indiana State Police Ret.
Biography courtesy of Jim Hufferd
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