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MARK HANNAY DIXON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 19, 1946 – April 29, 1969
Service recordMark Hannay Dixon, of West Hartford, Connecticut, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 29, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 76 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 76
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV
- Born
- March 19, 1946
- Home of record
- West Hartford, Connecticut (Hartford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 29, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date April 29, 1969; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV”, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 76
- NICHOLAS LEANDER FRANZERSpecialist Four · April 27, 1969
- BERT MORRIS ADAMS IIICorporal · April 29, 1969
- PAUL ANDREW BROUSESergeant · April 29, 1969
- JAMES WILLIAM CLEARYPrivate First Class · April 29, 1969
- SIMON DEAN JRSpecialist Four · April 29, 1969
From West Hartford
- BRIAN JOHN CRONINLieutenant (junior grade) · December 9, 1964
- JOHN HENRY WELCH IIISecond Lieutenant · February 1, 1967
- ROBERT LYON NORTONFirst Lieutenant · December 3, 1968
- DOUGLAS WHITING YOUNGLance Corporal · December 20, 1969
- NORMAN PHILIP WESTWOOD JRLieutenant · May 17, 1970
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.