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WILLIAM ALLEN DIXON
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 8, 1941 – January 30, 1970
Service recordWilliam Allen Dixon, of Accident, Maryland, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 30, 1970, in Chuong Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 80 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 80
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- October 8, 1941
- Home of record
- Accident, Maryland (Garrett County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 30, 1970
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Chuong Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date January 30, 1970; he was the only one lost in Chuong Thien Province that day. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 80
- WILBERT REEDCorporal · January 29, 1970
- JOE HEARNE RUFTYFirst Lieutenant · January 29, 1970
- ROY LEE STRINGERCorporal · January 29, 1970
- LAWRENCE O WASHINGTONStaff Sergeant · January 29, 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.