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DAVID LEE DIXON
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
December 16, 1937 – June 2, 1967
Service recordDavid Lee Dixon, of Marion, Indiana, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 2, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 32
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Leader (0369)
- Born
- December 16, 1937
- Home of record
- Marion, Indiana (Grant County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 2, 1967
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date June 2, 1967; 33 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 32
- JOHN LESLIE CATTONSpecialist Four · June 2, 1967
- LARRY VINCENT CHMIELSecond Lieutenant · June 2, 1967
- DONALD RAY CHRISTYCorporal · June 2, 1967
- THOMAS EDWARD CRAIGLance Corporal · June 2, 1967
From Marion
- JOSEPH DONALD GUERREROSpecialist Four · February 6, 1966
- THOMAS JEFFERSON FEARSCorporal · March 2, 1966
- MARVIN EDWARD GLASSBURNSergeant · March 21, 1966
- DAVID AMOS SCOTTSpecialist Four · May 6, 1966
- TERRY VIRGIL LEACHPrivate First Class · September 2, 1967
- DONALD EARL CUTLERPrivate First Class · September 3, 1967
- CARL DINGUSCorporal · February 3, 1968
- LARRY JO GOSSPetty Officer Second Class · February 14, 1968
- TERRY LEE WEAVERPrivate First Class · March 2, 1968
- LARRY DEE SHERMANSpecialist Four · March 13, 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.