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WILLIAM ALFRED DIXON JR
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
May 28, 1947 – May 29, 1967
Service recordWilliam Alfred Dixon JR, of Alvin, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 29, 1967, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 11
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Mortarman (0341)
- Born
- May 28, 1947
- Home of record
- Alvin, Texas (Brazoria County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 29, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date May 29, 1967; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 11
- MICHAEL LEE DOTSONPrivate First Class · May 29, 1967
- THOMAS FRANCIS DREWSergeant · May 29, 1967
- RUSS EUGENE ECKHARTLance Corporal · May 29, 1967
- GREGORY ALLEN ERVINLance Corporal · May 29, 1967
From Alvin
- DONALD GENE BROWNPrivate First Class · April 21, 1967
- CARSON MILO KINGPrivate First Class · May 19, 1968
- GEORGE ALLEN ALFORD JRCorporal · July 31, 1968
- FREDERICK R FRACIONECorporal · December 31, 1970
- BILLY JOE PLASTER JRCorporal · January 18, 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.