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Joshua James Nix was born in Fort Worth Texas on May 20, 1908. He graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1930. While at the Naval Academy he participated in Football, Lacrosse and Water Polo.

Joshua became commanding officer of the USS Edsall (DD 219) in October 1941. He was lost at sea when the Clemson-class destroyer was sunk South of Java near Christmas Island by Japanese surface and air forces on March 1, 1942

He was survived by his wife Ella Vannah Washington and by his two sons, Walter Collier (USNA '54) and Robert Tappan.