Cox, Athol Herman

Title

Cox, Athol Herman

Last Name

Cox

First and Middle Name

Athol Herman

Nicknames or Other Names

"Puss"

Hometown

Wytheville, VA

Birth Date

12/17/1894

Birthplace

Wytheville, VA

Death Date

1/24/1920

Cause of Death

N/a

Place of Death

N/a

VPI Graduating Class

1917

Undergraduate Major

Mechanical Engineering

Graduated

Y

Service Branch

Reserve Officers

Unit

Infantry

Rank

Captain

Retired Rank

N/a

Military Events

Training May 1917 + Captured + Escaped + Wounded

1927 "Virginia Polytehnic Institute in the World War" booklet

Y

Files

Athol Herman Cox senior portrait from the 1917 Bugle (2).jpg
Athol Herman Cox photograph from the 1917 Bugle (3).jpg
Athol Herman Cox from the 1917 Bugle.jpg

Collection

Citation

“Cox, Athol Herman,” VPI in World War I, accessed March 29, 2024, http://vpiworldwarone.lib.vt.edu/items/show/99.

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