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JOHN HENERY DIXON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 13, 1949 – May 16, 1968
Service recordJohn Henery Dixon, of Chesapeake, Virginia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 16, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 61E, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 61E · Line 9
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- February 13, 1949
- Home of record
- Chesapeake, Virginia (Chesapeake (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 16, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
80 names on the Wall carry the date May 16, 1968; three of them were lost in Long An Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 61E, Line 9
- EXCELL FICKLINStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1968
- DOUGLAS EUGENE FOSTERCorporal · May 16, 1968
- ROBERT GLENN FREEMANPrivate First Class · May 16, 1968
- EDWARD THEODORE GORMAN IIICorporal · May 16, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD JOHN MYSKYWEIZPrivate First Class · Panel 61E, Line 14
- FREDERICK LEO ROHANPrivate First Class · Panel 61E, Line 17
- ERIC LOUIS WILLIAM STAUFFPrivate First Class · Panel 61E, Line 19
- ROBERT LEE STEWARTPrivate First Class · Panel 61E, Line 19
From Chesapeake
- WILLIAM H COBURNPrivate First Class · February 23, 1966
- KERMIT ANTHONY RAYLance Corporal · April 26, 1967
- FRED VINCENT LEELance Corporal · June 1, 1967
- DEWEY ALLEN MIDGETTPrivate · November 25, 1967
- LOUIS FRANKLIN STAPLESLance Corporal · February 5, 1968
- JAMES GUERDON SIGNETTSpecialist Four · April 4, 1968
- ELBERT ELISAH COX JRSergeant · May 1, 1968
- HENRY LARRY GOFFSergeant · May 25, 1968
- CLEM SPENCER LOWERY JRSergeant · May 30, 1968
- MELTON LAVONE KIDDPrivate First Class · June 9, 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.