U.S. Marine Corps · United States 
Gene W. Cox
Gene W. Cox served in the U.S. Marine Corps for 1 year and 1 month. Gene served during the years of World War II.
Sheriff Gene Cox was shot and killed while assisting the manager at the Ebb Tide RV Park in Eureka during a dispute with a resident. The unarmed Sheriff Cox parked in front of the subject's trailer and began to approach the trailer. The subject shot Sheriff Cox five times with a .30-.30 rifle at a range of approximately 15 feet. He then went to the management office and shot the manager, who was Sheriff Cox's father-in-law, and a bystander who went to his aid. The suspect, who had just been released from the Napa State Hospital, was shot and killed by Eureka police officers who were responding to the call. Sheriff Cox had been in law enforcement for 29 years.
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29 years. You could have gone home.
Sheriff Cox gave the Humboldt County Sheriff's Department 29 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the Eureka community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Sheriff Cox.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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