George L. Fox
| George Lansing Fox | |
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| Born |
March 15, 1900 Lewistown, Pennsylvania |
| Died | February 3, 1943 (aged 42) Dorchester, Atlantic Ocean |
| Allegiance |
 United States of America
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| Service/branch |
United States Army
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| Years of service | 1917 to 19?? 1942 to 1943 |
| Rank | Chaplain lieutenant |
| Battles/wars |
World War I World War II |
| Awards |
Chaplain's Medal for Heroism Distinguished Service Cross Silver Star Purple Heart (2) French Croix de Guerre |
George Lansing Fox (March 15, 1900 – February 3, 1943) was a Methodist minister and a lieutenant in the United States Army. He was one of the Four Chaplains who gave their lives to save other soldiers during the sinking of the troop transport Dorchester during World War II.
George L. Fox was born in Lewistown, Pennsylvania in 1900, one of five children. At 17 he ran away to join the army and served on the Western Front during World War I as a medical orderly, receiving the Silver Star, the Purple Heart and the Croix de Guerre for his meritorious service. Following the war, Fox completed high school and briefly worked for a Trust Company. Fox married in 1923 and his son, Wyatt Ray was born a year later. Fox studied at Moody Bible Institute and Illinois Wesleyan University, graduating in 1931. Following graduation, Fox became an itinerant Methodist preacher, holding posts in Downs, Illinois and Rye, New Hampshire before joining the Boston University School of Theology and becoming an ordained minister in 1934.
That same year, he took over the church in Waits River, Vermont, and his daughter, Mary Elizabeth, was born. He remained in Vermont, moving church twice and becoming the state chaplain and historian for the American Legion. Fox joined the army again in 1942. His son enlisted in the Marine Corps on the same day. Fox was united with the other Four Chaplains for his voyage to Europe later that year following a position in the chaplain's school in Harvard, and departed with over 900 soldiers on the Dorchester in January 1943.
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