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JAMES C DIXON
Master Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 27, 1926 – April 27, 1967
Service recordJames C Dixon, of Vicksburg, Mississippi, served as a Master Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 27, 1967, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 40. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 101 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 101
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Master Sergeant (MSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Radio Operator-Maintainer (31C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- August 27, 1926
- Home of record
- Vicksburg, Mississippi (Warren County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 27, 1967
- Age
- 40
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date April 27, 1967; eight of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 31 of its members that month.
He died in Tây Ninh Province while Operation Junction City was under way. Operation Junction City (22 February–14 May 1967), in War Zone C along the Cambodian border, was the largest U.S. operation of the war to that time and included the only major American combat parachute assault of the war. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 101
- WILLIAM BERNARD CRONINLieutenant Colonel · April 27, 1967
- RICHARD HOWARD DALLASLance Corporal · April 27, 1967
- ARTHUR DAVIES JRMajor · April 27, 1967
- MANUEL E MESA JRSergeant · April 27, 1967
From Vicksburg
- ARTHUR MELVIN GORDONPrivate First Class · November 25, 1965
- HOWARD GARRETTStaff Sergeant · September 16, 1966
- TERENCE DALE OBRIENFirst Lieutenant · November 13, 1966
- ELLSWORTH I DAVIS JRPrivate First Class · December 9, 1966
- SHERMAN C BRADYPrivate First Class · May 13, 1968
- DONALD RAY BURNSIDEPrivate First Class · October 24, 1968
- JOHN ELSEY BATCHELOR JRLance Corporal · April 7, 1969
- EUGENE TUCKERSpecialist Four · August 16, 1969
- ASBERRY BEARD JRCorporal · September 5, 1969
- FREDDIE NEIL HAYNESSpecialist Four · November 12, 1969
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.