RANGERS Dixon, Virgil Sherman

[John Robertson]

• 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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