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LEE ARTICE DIXON
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 29, 1948 – November 7, 1967
Service recordLee Artice Dixon, of Saraland, Alabama, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 7, 1967, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 40
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- October 29, 1948
- Home of record
- Saraland, Alabama (Mobile County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 7, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date November 7, 1967; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 29E, Line 40
- WILLIAM CALVIN DIEHL JRLieutenant Colonel · November 7, 1967
- JOHN ROBERT ENSELLSpecialist Four · November 7, 1967
- KENNETH JAMES HELSTROMCorporal · November 7, 1967
- TERRY ALAN HENDRICKSFirst Lieutenant · November 7, 1967
From Saraland
- HARRY DONALD WOODARDSpecialist Four · April 9, 1966
- JIMMY EDWARD STAMEYSpecialist Four · November 21, 1966
- CLAUDE PAUL MILLERPrivate First Class · July 10, 1967
- JOHN OLIVER WHITESergeant · January 22, 1968
- BILLY LEE JACKSONStaff Sergeant · April 9, 1968
- ROOSEVELT HURST JRSergeant · July 5, 1968
- BENJAMIN ARTHUR THOMPSON JRStaff Sergeant · October 25, 1968
- LEVI JAMES WILSONSpecialist Four · April 8, 1971
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.