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MIKLE EUGENE DIXON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 13, 1951 – May 19, 1971
Service recordMikle Eugene Dixon, of Pilot Mountain, North Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 19, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 41
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
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- March 13, 1951
- Home of record
- Pilot Mountain, North Carolina (Surry County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 19, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date May 19, 1971; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In May 1971, 202 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 39 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 3W, Line 41
- HERBERT SPENCER BARNESPrivate First Class · May 19, 1971
- PHILIP RAY DEARINGFirst Lieutenant · May 19, 1971
- MICKEY DANIEL LANGPrivate First Class · May 19, 1971
- HAROLD DEAN WALLERCorporal · May 19, 1971
From Pilot Mountain
- ROGER LEE JOYCESergeant · June 21, 1969
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.