Army Spc. Nathan W. Cox

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Army Spc. Nathan W. Cox, 27, of Fremont, Calif.

Spc. Cox was assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Special Troops Battalion, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Ky.; died June 16, 2010 at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, Germany, of injuries sustained June 14 when insurgents attacked his unit with small-arms fire at Near Forward Operating Base, Khogyani, Afghanistan.

A soldier from Fremont has died after being wounded in fighting in Afghanistan, the Pentagon said Monday.

Army Spc. Nathan W. Cox, 27, was wounded by small arms fire when insurgents attacked a forward operating base at Khogyani in eastern Afghanistan on June 14, the Defense Department said. He died two days later at a hospital in Landstuhl, Germany.

Cox was a combat medic with the HHC, 1st Special Troops Battalion, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), based at Fort Campbell, Ky.

He joined the Army in February 2004 and arrived at Fort Campbell in March 2010, said Kelly DeWitt, a spokeswoman at Fort Campbell.

His awards and decorations include an Army Commendation Medal, Army Achievement Award, Army Good Conduct Medal and a National Defense Service Medal.

Army Spc. Nathan W. Cox was killed in action on 6/16/10.