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ALONZO LENORD DIXON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 8, 1948 – May 22, 1968
Service recordAlonzo Lenord Dixon, of Pekin, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 22, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 65E, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 65E · Line 8
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- August 8, 1948
- Home of record
- Pekin, Illinois (Tazewell County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 22, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date May 22, 1968; two of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 151 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 65E, Line 8
- GERALD LEE ELLIOTTSpecialist Five · May 22, 1968
- CALVIN CHARLES GLOVERChief Master Sergeant · May 22, 1968
- WILLIAM HENDERSON MASONColonel · May 22, 1968
- PAUL ALLEN PROEHLSergeant · May 22, 1968
Same unit, same day
- BILLY MAC BRISTERSergeant · Panel 65E, Line 5
- WILLIAM MOSBY CLARKE JRSergeant · Panel 65E, Line 6
- ROBERT LOUIS CREWSSergeant · Panel 65E, Line 7
- ANTHONY DWIGHT HATCHERPrivate First Class · Panel 65E, Line 10
- FRANK MARCH JRSpecialist Four · Panel 65E, Line 13
- FRED HARRISON OSBURN JRSpecialist Four · Panel 66E, Line 1
From Pekin
- ALDO ROSSI JRPrivate First Class · January 26, 1966
- JERRY W BELLSergeant · May 18, 1966
- JOHN W CLAYTONCaptain · November 20, 1966
- EVERETT LEROY TABORSpecialist Five · January 3, 1967
- LARRY GENE ASBRIDGECorporal · August 12, 1967
- RAMON ARTHUR MEEKERLance Corporal · February 9, 1968
- JOHN SPURLOCKSpecialist Four · February 23, 1968
- BILLY EUGENE MYERSSergeant · May 7, 1968
- CALVIN FRANKLIN BUTTERFIELDPrivate First Class · May 31, 1968
- TERRY LEE BLOOMERCorporal · September 3, 1968
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.