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LINDEN BROOK DIXON
Corporal · U.S. Army
April 13, 1947 – October 27, 1967
Service recordLinden Brook Dixon, of Berwyn Heights, Maryland, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on October 27, 1967, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 81 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 81
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- April 13, 1947
- Home of record
- Berwyn Heights, Maryland (Prince George's County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 27, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date October 27, 1967; six of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 81
- JOHN ROBERT DAWSONSecond Lieutenant · October 27, 1967
- GARY FRANK DISSINGERCorporal · October 27, 1967
- MICHAEL JEROME FONSECAPrivate First Class · October 27, 1967
- EVARISTO MARTINEZ IIISpecialist Four · October 27, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT J CARMODYStaff Sergeant · Panel 28E, Line 79
- STEPHEN PERRY JONESSergeant · Panel 28E, Line 83
- JON PETER TURKCorporal · Panel 28E, Line 87
- ROBERT ALTON WILLIAMSStaff Sergeant · Panel 28E, Line 89
From Berwyn Heights
- DONALD PATRICK CALDWELLFirst Lieutenant · August 24, 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.