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ROBERT DALE DIXON
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 30, 1947 – June 3, 1969
Service recordRobert Dale Dixon, of Plant City, Florida, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 3, 1969, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 51
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- December 30, 1947
- Home of record
- Plant City, Florida (Hillsborough County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 3, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date June 3, 1969; two of them were lost in Long An Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 70 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 51
- DAVID FELIX BURCHAirman First Class · June 3, 1969
- LEON THOMAS CULVERHOUSEPrivate First Class · June 3, 1969
- JIMMY DEAN CUMBEESpecialist Four · June 3, 1969
- WILLIAM ANTHONY DUNAJSpecialist Four · June 3, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ANDREW SIMMONS FARLEY JRPrivate First Class · Panel 23W, Line 52
From Plant City
- HENRY VAN DEMPSPrivate First Class · August 22, 1966
- DEREX WILLIAMS JRCaptain · August 23, 1967
- WILLIAM EDGAR JERKINSAirman First Class · September 4, 1967
- EMORY STEPHEN CANNONPrivate First Class · January 11, 1968
- CARLOS LARUE KNIGHTSergeant · June 12, 1968
- RONALD KEITH GROOMSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1968
- JAMES ARNOLD LISENBYCorporal · August 13, 1968
- DONNIE EDWARD WATSONCorporal · September 23, 1968
- DAVID T MOORESergeant · January 11, 1969
- ISOM JUNIOR GOODWINECorporal · December 27, 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.