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CARL DEAN DIXON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 22, 1949 – May 8, 1970
Service recordCarl Dean Dixon, of Niles, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 8, 1970, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 130 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 130
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- March 22, 1949
- Home of record
- Niles, Michigan (Berrien County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 8, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date May 8, 1970; three of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 130
- SHELBY M CARTERCorporal · May 8, 1970
- CHARLES ALLEN DAVIDSONCorporal · May 8, 1970
- JAMES MARK DAVISSergeant · May 8, 1970
- HARRY GREGG FLIEGERSergeant · May 8, 1970
Same unit, same day
- BERNARD HERMAN BAXPrivate First Class · Panel 11W, Line 129
- ROCKY PEARSON OHAMSpecialist Four · Panel 10W, Line 2
From Niles
- WILLIAM ROBERT ROUSSOSPrivate First Class · October 17, 1966
- ROBERT LEWIS LINN JRPrivate First Class · March 19, 1967
- JOHN ROBERT VINNEDGESpecialist Four · October 5, 1969
- JERRY MICHAEL WEAVERStaff Sergeant · July 16, 1970
- JAMES ALLEN WELLSCaptain · September 16, 1971
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.