United States Marine Corps private 1st class Clayton Ward Cox was born September 22nd 1904 in West Virginia. Clayton enlisted as a private in the U. Marines on September 29th 1925 in Paris Island, South Carolina. He qualified as a marksman in December 1925 and spent the next 2 years training at Paris Island, S. Cox sailed for Nicaragua with the Forty-Seventh Company, First Battalion, Eleventh Regiment, Second Brigade aboard the U. Saratoga on January 26th 1928, arriving and disembarking at Corinto, Nicaragua on February 16th. Cox engaged enemy forces on May 13th and 14th near Cau, Nicaragua. Cox reenlisted and was transferred to Guantánamo Bay, Cuba in April 1931. By September 1931 Cox was serving with Headquarters Company, First Brigade in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Cox would remain stationed in Haiti the next 2 years before he sailed aboard the U. Chaumont to Shanghai China in September 1933. He was transferred to Company “G”, 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines. The regiment was there to protect American interests in the Shanghai International Settlement, a politically sensitive role. By late 1934, the 2nd Battalion was quartered in the Chengtu Compound. In September 1935 Pvt. Cox sailed back aboard the Chaumont to San Fransisco, California where he was discharged from the Marines on September 27th of that 1935. United States Marine Corps private 1st class Clayton Ward Cox passed away February 2nd 1947 in Nemours, West Virginia. I will include 45 full size color printed copies of the research presented. ORIGINAL WORLD WAR I UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL. RE-RIBBONED DRAPE TESTED U. Please let me know if there’s anything else I can do for you!
Up for sale is this rare “yard long” photograph showing part of the U. Army 33rd Infantry in the Panama Canal Zone stationed at Fort Clayton, dated April 1927 – Capt. All original period photograph that measures approx. 29 1/4 by 9 3/4 inches, typically referred to as a yard long image. A few small bumps and little tears around the edges, small pinholes in the corners, small piece of the top right corner missing. Photograph is stamped on the back Photo by National Photo Service, 737 East Houston St. San Antonio, Texas, there is similar info on the front of the image on the bottom right corner also numbering this image at there studio as 1405-A. There is no other writing on the back side of the image. Nice addition to your United States military collection. NOTE: Some images are enlarged to show clarity and details. This item is in the category “Collectibles\Militaria\1919-38\Original Period Items”. The seller is “paperattic” and is located in this country: US. This item can be shipped to United States, Bermuda, Canada.
- Original/Reproduction: Original
- Theme: Militaria
- Time Period Manufactured: 1919-38
- Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
- Modified Item: No
Up for sale is this rare “yard long” photograph showing part of the U. Army 33rd Infantry in the Panama Canal Zone stationed at Fort Clayton, dated April 1927 – Capt. All original period photograph that measures approx. 29 1/4 by 9 3/4 inches, typically referred to as a yard long image. A few small bumps and little tears around the edges, small pinholes in the corners, small piece of the top right corner missing. Photograph is stamped on the back Photo by National Photo Service, 737 East Houston St. San Antonio, Texas, there is similar info on the front of the image on the bottom right corner also numbering this image at there studio as 1405-A. There is no other writing on the back side of the image. Nice addition to your United States military collection. This item is in the category “Collectibles\Militaria\1919-38\Original Period Items”. The seller is “tjsales-collectibles” and is located in this country: US. This item can be shipped to United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Denmark, Romania, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Finland, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Estonia, Australia, Greece, Portugal, Cyprus, Slovenia, Japan, China, Sweden, South Korea, Indonesia, Taiwan, Belgium, France, Ireland, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Italy, Germany, Austria, Bahamas, Israel, Mexico, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, Switzerland, Norway, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Republic of Croatia, Malaysia, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Panama, Trinidad and Tobago, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Jamaica, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Saint Kitts-Nevis, Saint Lucia, Montserrat, Turks and Caicos Islands, Barbados, Bangladesh, Bermuda, Brunei Darussalam, Bolivia, French Guiana, Guernsey, Gibraltar, Guadeloupe, Iceland, Jersey, Jordan, Cambodia, Cayman Islands, Liechtenstein, Sri Lanka, Luxembourg, Monaco, Macau, Martinique, Maldives, Nicaragua, Oman, Pakistan, Paraguay, Dominican Republic.
- Modified Item: No
- Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
- Theme: Militaria
- Original/Reproduction: Original
- Time Period Manufactured: 1919-38
- Featured Refinements: Panama Canal Zone