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JOHN ALANSON DIXON
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
May 16, 1948 – May 29, 1969
Service recordJohn Alanson Dixon, of Babylon, New York, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on May 29, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 14
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
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- May 16, 1948
- Home of record
- Babylon, New York (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 29, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date May 29, 1969; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 178 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 14
- RUDY AVON CARNLEYSpecialist Four · May 29, 1969
- JAMES WILFORD CLAYPrivate First Class · May 29, 1969
- DONALD EVERETT DALTONSpecialist Four · May 29, 1969
- CURTIS RAY DANIELSStaff Sergeant · May 29, 1969
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES C PFORDT JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 23W, Line 17
From Babylon
- ROBERT SCOTT MASON JRFirst Lieutenant · October 9, 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.