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DAVID LLOYD DIXON
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
April 3, 1945 – September 28, 1968
Service recordDavid Lloyd Dixon, of Medford, Oregon, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on September 28, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42W · Line 35
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinist's Mate (MM)
- Unit (as recorded)
- NAVSUPPACT DANANG NSAD CUA VIE
- Born
- April 3, 1945
- Home of record
- Medford, Oregon (Jackson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 28, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date September 28, 1968; seven of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “NAVSUPPACT DANANG NSAD CUA VIE”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
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
Also on Panel 42W, Line 35
- RAYMOND E EVANSCorporal · September 28, 1968
- DAVID PAUL HALPINFireman · September 28, 1968
- ROBERT LEE HAMILTON JRCorporal · September 28, 1968
- AUSTIN WILLIAM HAVERKAMPStaff Sergeant · September 28, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DAVID PAUL HALPINFireman · Panel 42W, Line 35
From Medford
- JAMES HERBERT ROWDENPrivate · March 5, 1966
- KEITH LEROY SHIPPPrivate First Class · April 2, 1966
- DAVID STEPHEN CROCKERSpecialist Four · May 21, 1966
- WALTER RICHARD SPEARE IIICaptain · November 11, 1966
- MICHAEL LESTER LAWSONPrivate First Class · March 20, 1967
- CHARLES HARRY SNOWPrivate First Class · June 22, 1967
- JAY DEAN JOHNSONCorporal · September 2, 1967
- PAUL MELVIN BEDDOE JRPrivate First Class · January 21, 1968
- MICHAEL STEPHEN COLLINSSpecialist Four · February 22, 1968
- JAMES CARL WHISNANPrivate First Class · March 14, 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.