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MICHAEL KENNETH L DIXON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 24, 1949 – May 21, 1969
Service recordMichael Kenneth L Dixon, of Torrance, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 21, 1969, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 64
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- June 24, 1949
- Home of record
- Torrance, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 21, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date May 21, 1969; seven of them were lost in Long An Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 64
- ERNEST LEE CLARKSpecialist Four · May 21, 1969
- ROBERT LEE COOPERSergeant First Class · May 21, 1969
- PATRICK REGAN DIEHLCorporal · May 21, 1969
- CAREY LEE DOBSONLance Corporal · May 21, 1969
Same unit, same day
- PATRICK WILLIAM DWYERPrivate First Class · Panel 24W, Line 65
- PETER JOHN GLYNNPrivate First Class · Panel 24W, Line 65
- JERRY JOSEPH KOCANDA IIIPrivate First Class · Panel 24W, Line 67
- JOHN WAYNE RICHARDPrivate First Class · Panel 24W, Line 70
- LYNN DOYLE SHUGARTPrivate First Class · Panel 24W, Line 71
- ROBERT LEE VAUGHN JRPrivate First Class · Panel 24W, Line 73
From Torrance
- WALLACE KENJI MATAYOSHISpecialist Four · January 30, 1966
- NORMAN BYRON WENSELConstructionman · January 4, 1967
- EDWARD JOSEPH ERNSTPrivate First Class · February 18, 1967
- MICHAEL BOYD CARTERLance Corporal · February 23, 1967
- PAUL WAYNE RATLIFFCorporal · May 19, 1967
- STEPHEN LEE GRANTLance Corporal · September 6, 1967
- LARRY KEITH WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · November 13, 1967
- CHARLES JOHN EISENACHERStaff Sergeant · February 6, 1968
- THOMAS CLAY WRIGHTSpecialist Five · February 27, 1968
- LARRY MUNOZCorporal · March 6, 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.