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ROGER ALLEN DIXON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 27, 1948 – January 17, 1969
Service recordRoger Allen Dixon, of Richmond, Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 17, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 22
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
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- November 27, 1948
- Home of record
- Richmond, Virginia (Richmond (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 17, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date January 17, 1969; 13 of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 84 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 22
- RICHARD THOMAS CULPLance Corporal · January 17, 1969
- ALBERT JACKSON DAVISStaff Sergeant · January 17, 1969
- JAMES GREGORY DAVISSergeant · January 17, 1969
- CLARENCE EDWARD ELLISPrivate First Class · January 17, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES WOODROW BRIGHAM JRSpecialist Four · Panel 34W, Line 20
- FRANK HAROLD BROWNE IIPrivate First Class · Panel 34W, Line 21
- ROGER LEO LANGFORDSergeant · Panel 34W, Line 25
- MARK DAVID MITCHELLWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 34W, Line 27
- RONALD FORREST NEALSpecialist Four · Panel 34W, Line 28
- BRUCE MARTIN REITERSpecialist Four · Panel 34W, Line 28
- PAUL JOSIAH WILSONFirst Lieutenant · Panel 34W, Line 30
From Richmond
- WALTER PRESTON GORHAMMajor · March 16, 1963
- RICHARD SHERWIN JOHNSONCaptain · January 17, 1965
- ROBERT LEE SIMON JRSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- ROBERT WILLIAM DOSSAirman First Class · April 27, 1965
- CHARLES ARTHUR JENKINSLance Corporal · June 25, 1965
- JAMES HOLMES THORNTONPrivate First Class · November 3, 1965
- SAMUEL STANLEY TOLLIVERPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- MARYLAND CHATTENPrivate · December 24, 1965
- CURTIS J MCGEEStaff Sergeant · February 28, 1966
- TERRY L HARPERSpecialist Four · March 21, 1966
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.