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LEO CHESTER DIXON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 28, 1947 – August 25, 1966
Service recordLeo Chester Dixon, of Phenix City, Alabama, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 25, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 37
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- August 28, 1947
- Home of record
- Phenix City, Alabama (Russell County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 25, 1966
- Age
- 18
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
55 names on the Wall carry the date August 25, 1966. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 84 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 37
- JOSEPH EDWARD CANDEASSergeant · August 25, 1966
- RICHARD DEWYATT CLARKMajor · August 25, 1966
- THOMAS EDWARD CLARKPrivate First Class · August 25, 1966
- JOHN FRANCIS DOYLESpecialist Four · August 25, 1966
Same unit, same day
- PETER HENRY ALBRIGHTSpecialist Four · Panel 10E, Line 34
- TERRY LEE ALEXANDERSpecialist Five · Panel 10E, Line 34
- ALFRED JUNE AMBURGEYStaff Sergeant · Panel 10E, Line 35
- ADRIAN JAMES ANGLIMStaff Sergeant · Panel 10E, Line 35
- HERBERT STEPHEN BECHTELPrivate First Class · Panel 10E, Line 35
- GYORGY JANOS BESZESpecialist Four · Panel 10E, Line 35
- RAYMOND AUGUSTA BROOKSPrivate First Class · Panel 10E, Line 36
- MAX L BRUBAKERPrivate First Class · Panel 10E, Line 36
- JOSEPH EDWARD CANDEASSergeant · Panel 10E, Line 37
- RICHARD DEWYATT CLARKMajor · Panel 10E, Line 37
- THOMAS EDWARD CLARKPrivate First Class · Panel 10E, Line 37
- JOHN FRANCIS DOYLESpecialist Four · Panel 10E, Line 37
- OLIVER DEWITT DUMASSergeant First Class · Panel 10E, Line 38
- LAURENCE JOHN DUNNSergeant · Panel 10E, Line 38
- JAMES WAYNE EMERSONSpecialist Four · Panel 10E, Line 38
- CARL LEE GLASSCOCKSergeant · Panel 10E, Line 39
- VERNON GILBERT HOLLIFIELDPrivate First Class · Panel 10E, Line 39
- FRANK PAUL HUDAKPrivate First Class · Panel 10E, Line 40
- ELIAS MAULILI KAUHANESergeant First Class · Panel 10E, Line 40
- LARRY ROBERT KELMPrivate First Class · Panel 10E, Line 40
- ARTHUR G KLIPPENSecond Lieutenant · Panel 10E, Line 40
- PETER STANLEY KNIGHTMajor · Panel 10E, Line 40
- SAMUEL JAMES LARKINSpecialist Four · Panel 10E, Line 41
- HAROLD EUGENE MATSONPrivate First Class · Panel 10E, Line 41
From Phenix City
- UDON PARKERSpecialist Four · March 13, 1966
- EDDIE DONALD PEOPLESPrivate First Class · November 15, 1966
- ROBBIE RAY MILLSSpecialist Five · February 15, 1967
- DAVID TOMIE BELLSpecialist Four · February 26, 1967
- CHARLIE BERNARD INGRAM JRSpecialist Four · March 4, 1967
- LARRY RAY MCDUFFIEPrivate First Class · October 22, 1967
- JOHN HENRY JONES JRPrivate First Class · January 30, 1968
- JOE LOUIS JONESSergeant · February 18, 1968
- WILLIAM OLIVER TURNERCorporal · February 28, 1968
- JACOB BENNETTPrivate First Class · July 17, 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.