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CARLTON LEO DIXON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 6, 1950 – January 13, 1972
Service recordCarlton Leo Dixon, of Macon, Georgia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 13, 1972, in Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 97 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 97
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- May 6, 1950
- Home of record
- Macon, Georgia (Bibb County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 13, 1972
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Phuoc Tuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date January 13, 1972; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Tuy Province that day. In January 1972, 47 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 97
- KENNETH CORNEY WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · January 11, 1972
- STARLING G HAWKINSSergeant · January 14, 1972
- DAVID ERWIN VICKERSSergeant · January 14, 1972
- RICHARD LEWIS WILSONPrivate First Class · January 14, 1972
From Macon
- EDDIE BROWN JRPrivate First Class · November 16, 1965
- RALPH LEON HINSONStaff Sergeant · December 17, 1965
- HAZE HOWARD IIISpecialist Four · July 3, 1966
- JIMMY ALVIN JOHNSONSergeant · September 23, 1966
- WAYNE THAD STRICKLANDCorporal · September 24, 1966
- WILLIAM SHERWOOD COCHRANPrivate First Class · November 6, 1966
- RALLS HAWKINSPrivate First Class · November 21, 1966
- SANDY LEE ROSSPrivate First Class · January 11, 1967
- WILLIS LEE FURNEYSergeant · March 9, 1967
- FRANKLIN DWIGHT RUISPrivate First Class · March 19, 1967
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.