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JOHN ARLEIGH NIXON
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 6, 1946 – April 11, 1968
Service recordJohn Arleigh Nixon, of Arlington, Virginia, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 11, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 49E, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49E · Line 24
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- July 6, 1946
- Home of record
- Arlington, Virginia (Arlington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 11, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date April 11, 1968; 20 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 49E, Line 24
- JAMES RICHARD MCCLELLANDGunnery Sergeant · April 11, 1968
- JOHN WILLIAM MCFARLANEPrivate First Class · April 11, 1968
- BRUCE FRANCIS MCMILLANCaptain · April 11, 1968
- JERRY RUSSELL NICHOLSLance Corporal · April 11, 1968
From Arlington
- DAVID WEBSTERMajor · March 10, 1963
- THOMAS THEODORE MCLARNONSergeant · May 29, 1965
- JOHN THOMAS STICHERWarrant Officer 1 · December 6, 1965
- JOHN HENRY FULCHERPrivate First Class · September 24, 1966
- KEITH ALLEN CAMPBELLSpecialist Four · February 8, 1967
- JAMES DOHERTY HUNTERFirst Lieutenant · February 21, 1967
- GEORGE ELLIS BYRDPrivate First Class · February 26, 1967
- ROBERT HENRY OSBORN JONESAirman First Class · February 27, 1967
- LEROY PRESTON BOHRERMajor · March 9, 1967
- ANDREW THOMAS CASTELDASpecialist Four · March 12, 1967
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.