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JESSE JAMES DIXON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 1, 1944 – March 3, 1967
Service recordJesse James Dixon, of Rocky Mount, North Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 3, 1967, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 7
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. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- July 1, 1944
- Home of record
- Rocky Mount, North Carolina (Edgecombe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 3, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date March 3, 1967; five of them were lost in Long An Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 16E, Line 7
- CHARLES HERMAN BENNETTPrivate First Class · March 3, 1967
- ANDREW RICHARD BROUSSARDPrivate First Class · March 3, 1967
- AUBREY SHAWN BROWNPrivate First Class · March 3, 1967
- WELBORN A CALLAHAN JRFirst Lieutenant · March 3, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ANDREW RICHARD BROUSSARDPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 7
- WILLIAM LADD CAMPBELLCorporal · Panel 16E, Line 8
- MARTIN LEE FREEMANPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 10
- ROBERT BARRY SMITHPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 14
- JOHN PHILLIPS TAILLONSergeant · Panel 16E, Line 14
From Rocky Mount
- THOMAS HENRY MAULTSBY JRSergeant First Class · July 10, 1964
- GEORGE FOXESpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- ROSCOE L VICKSpecialist Four · March 4, 1966
- HUGH REAVIS NELSON JRCaptain · June 5, 1966
- NAPOLEN KELLY COOPERPrivate First Class · February 14, 1967
- MACK DANIEL SIMMONS IIISpecialist Four · May 22, 1967
- CARL DOUGLAS DUDLEY JRPetty Officer Third Class · June 27, 1967
- CURTIS LEE KENNEDYSpecialist Four · January 4, 1968
- WILLIAM DARRELL JOHNSONSergeant First Class · January 19, 1968
- CHARLIE R STRICKLAND JRSergeant · March 6, 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.