Born in San Bernardino, California, October 21, 1921, Graduated from the San Bernardino High School, June 1940
Enrolled in the University of California, Davis, August 1940 Completed three semesters in residence and withdrew to enlist

Military Service

MILITARY HISTORY
XC 393 39 95 USNR
0 25 631 USMCR

Military Training

Enlisted as an Aviation Cadet, United States Naval Reserve, 24 August 1942. Basic flight training at the Naval Air Station, Los Alamitos, California.
2 Feb 1942; began Advanced flight training Naval Air Station, Corpus Christi, Texas. Graduated 22 June 1943 as a Marine Corps Pilot and honorably discharged.

Commissioned

Second Lieutenant, USMCR, 23 June 1943, NAS, Corpus Christi; accepted appointment same date and was signed to active duty.
First Lieutenant, USMCR, 1 April 1944.

Active Service Assignments

23 June 1943 to Apr 1944; transferred to Marine Barracks, U.S. Naval Air Station, Miami, Florida for temporary duty in operational training. Later joined Headquarters Squadron-42, Marine Corps Air Station, Santa Barbara, California, as a torpedo bombing student.
17 Apr 1944, joined Headquarters Squadron ('RED DEVILS ' Torpedo Bombing Sq-232), Marine Aircraft Group-11, Marine Aircraft, Pacific, and departed the continental United States for service with the South Pacific Anti-Submarine Patrol.
20 Dec 1944 to 2 Feb 1945; participated in action against the enemy forces in the Yap Islands area. 1 Apr 1945 to 26 Apr 1945; similar service in the Ryukyu Islands.

Lieutenant Fox died in an airplane accident* 26 April 1945, near Okinawa Shima.

Decorations and Awards

PURPLE HEART (Killed in Action 24 Apr 45) Okinawa
AIR MEDAL (20 Dec 44 - 2 Feb 45) Yap Islands
Asiatic-Pacific Area: Okinawa-Gunto Operations
WORLD WAR II VICTORY MEDAL (1943-1945).
PRESIDENTIAL UNIT CITATION (1945) 2nd MAW, MAG-11 Okinawa-Shima, and Ryukyus Islands Campaigns. ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL with one Star (1944-45)

INTERMENT (His body was not recovered)