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TOMMY JOE DIXON
Corporal · U.S. Army
August 10, 1947 – March 15, 1969
Service recordTommy Joe Dixon, of Osceola, Arkansas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on March 15, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 44
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- August 10, 1947
- Home of record
- Osceola, Arkansas (Mississippi County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 15, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date March 15, 1969; he was the only one lost in Kon Tum Province that day. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 174 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 44
- JOHN WAYNE CAMPSpecialist Four · March 15, 1969
- FRANK ANTHONY CANCELLIERECorporal · March 15, 1969
- STEVEN DEAN CHURCHWARDLance Corporal · March 15, 1969
- JAMES DOLLARDSpecialist Four · March 15, 1969
Same unit, same day
- BRUNO BARANPrivate First Class · Panel 29W, Line 42
From Osceola
- DAVID F TAYLOR IIIFirst Lieutenant · April 1, 1967
- JOEL CROCKETTPrivate First Class · September 22, 1967
- BOLEN PONDEXDER MCGEESpecialist Five · April 25, 1968
- CONNIE WAYNE PARRISHSpecialist Four · February 15, 1970
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.