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Personal info

Full name
DIXON, Carl Graham
Date of birth
14 August 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Rockbridge County, Virginia
Hometown
Lexington, Virginia

Military service

Service number
33822671
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
134th Infantry Regiment,
35th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
4 January 1945
Place of death
Two miles north of Lutrebois, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 3 20

Immediate family

Members
Irvine B. Dixon (father)
Nellie R. (Fulwider) Dixon (mother)
Virginia B. Dixon (sister)
Glenn I. Dixon (brother)
Dorothy A. Dixon (sister)
Marie G. Dixon (sister)

More information

Pvt Carl G. Dixon attended high school for three years and worked on the family farm before he enlisted at Camp Lee, Virginia on 20 June 1944.

He is remembered at the Timber Ridge ARP Church Cemetery in Timber Ridge, Rockbridge County, Virginia.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / My Giant Family Tree / 1940 Census, After Action Report 35th Infantry Division
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery / Joan Mays