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LEE CHRIS DIXON
Captain · U.S. Air Force
September 14, 1937 – January 7, 1966
Service recordLee Chris Dixon, of Orland, California, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on January 7, 1966, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 56
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- September 14, 1937
- Home of record
- Orland, California (Glenn County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 7, 1966
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date January 7, 1966; five of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In January 1966, 401 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 56
- DAVID VERN BILLINGSLance Corporal · January 7, 1966
- RICHARD JOSEPH CALLANANCaptain · January 7, 1966
- JON ALFRED GREENLEYFirst Lieutenant · January 7, 1966
- JOHN JOSEPH HORNYAKLance Corporal · January 7, 1966
From Orland
- MERL L CRIPEStaff Sergeant · November 19, 1966
- CLARK D STICKLERCorporal · June 3, 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.