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PATRICK MARTIN DIXON
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
September 1, 1945 – May 28, 1969
Service recordPatrick Martin Dixon, of Dixon, Illinois, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 28, 1969, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 7
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- September 1, 1945
- Home of record
- Dixon, Illinois (Lee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 28, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date May 28, 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 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 7
- GAYLORD MARTIN COUCHCorporal · May 28, 1969
- GARY WAYNE COXSpecialist Four · May 28, 1969
- FREDERICK N CURTISSpecialist Four · May 28, 1969
- JOHN TRAVIS DAVISSergeant · May 28, 1969
Same unit, same day
- MARVIN CLARENCE BRISSSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 6
- RICHARD LYNN BRUMFIELDSergeant · Panel 23W, Line 6
- GARY WAYNE COXSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 7
- EARL ARTHUR GODMANSergeant · Panel 23W, Line 8
- ALBERT HILERIO JRSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 9
- THOMAS ALLEN NEBELPrivate First Class · Panel 23W, Line 10
- ROBERT BERTON READCorporal · Panel 23W, Line 11
- DAVID L TIFFANYSpecialist Five · Panel 23W, Line 12
- DICK EDWARD WHITNEYSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 12
- WILLIAM KENEITH WORDCorporal · Panel 23W, Line 13
From Dixon
- DENNIS EUGENE DAWSONCorporal · February 13, 1969
- ROGER ALLEN SCARBROUGHPrivate First Class · August 31, 1970
- MELVIN VERNON LEVANSpecialist Four · June 22, 1971
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.