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CRAIG MITCHELL DIX
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 5, 1949 – March 17, 1971
Service recordCraig Mitchell Dix, of Livonia, Michigan, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He was lost on March 17, 1971, in Cambodia, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 54
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- December 5, 1949
- Home of record
- Livonia, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- March 17, 1971
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date March 17, 1971. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
The record places this loss in Cambodia, outside South Vietnam.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 4W, Line 54
- ENRIQUE ROSARIO SANTOSSergeant · March 16, 1971
- RICHARD LEE BAUMANChief Warrant Officer 3 · March 17, 1971
- LEWIS ANTHONY DAVISSeaman Apprentice · March 17, 1971
- MICHAEL JOSEPH S DEPAULChief Warrant Officer 2 · March 17, 1971
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD LEE BAUMANChief Warrant Officer 3 · Panel 4W, Line 54
- MICHAEL JOSEPH S DEPAULChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 4W, Line 54
- ROBERT CARRELL GREENCaptain · Panel 4W, Line 55
- BOBBY GLENN HARRISStaff Sergeant · Panel 4W, Line 56
From Livonia
- PATRICK JOSEPH CONNORSPrivate First Class · August 30, 1966
- MARVIN MERLE DICKSPrivate First Class · January 21, 1967
- ROBERT WAYNE EDWARDSPrivate First Class · April 28, 1967
- DWIGHT ELMER TIMBERLAKESpecialist Four · May 21, 1967
- JOSEPH WILLIAM AXFORDLance Corporal · June 2, 1967
- ARTHUR PERRY COPELANDLance Corporal · December 21, 1967
- JAMES A TILLEYSergeant · January 18, 1968
- ARNOLD PAUL SARNASpecialist Four · March 13, 1968
- JERRY ALAN WYMANSpecialist Four · May 5, 1968
- DENNIS JEROME SPECKSpecialist Four · July 23, 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.