RANGERS Dixon, Virgil Sherman

John Robertson

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  • SURNAME
Dixon
  • FORENAME
Virgil Sherman
  • UNIT
6 Ranger Bn (Company C)
  • RANK
Private First Class
  • NUMBER
38079621
  • AWARD
Bronze Star
  • PLACE
Philippines 1945
  • ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
resided Oklahoma
born 08.05.1915, Hector, Arkansas, USA
father Thomas Henderson Dixon (1887-1973)
mother Mary Jane (nee White) Dixon (1891-1987)
grammar school education
civil occupation farm hand
single without dependents upon enlistment
16.10.1940 draft card Checotah, Oklahoma
12.02.1942 entered service Fort Sill, Oklahoma
13.10.1945 discharged
wife Theda Nellie (nee Dornan) Dixon (1926-2021)
1 son (Randy) & 2 daughters (Jane & Kathleen)
died 23.09.1999 (Aged 84) Claremore, Oklahoma, USA
Greenlawn Cemetery, Checotah, Oklahoma, USA
 
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