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FRAZIER THOMAS DIXON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 4, 1945 – December 3, 1969
Service recordFrazier Thomas Dixon, of Clarks Hill, South Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 3, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 21
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- October 4, 1945
- Home of record
- Clarks Hill, South Carolina (Mccormick County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 3, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date December 3, 1969; four of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 52 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 21
- EYKEL MARTIN D VANDEN IIChief Warrant Officer 3 · December 2, 1969
- JOHN HARVEY FREYSecond Lieutenant · December 3, 1969
- CLARENCE MELVIN GATEWOODSpecialist Four · December 3, 1969
- CARL BRUCE RAYPrivate First Class · December 3, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT EUGENE ROMEROSpecialist Four · Panel 15W, Line 23
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.