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Personal info

Full name
DIXON, Wilford Nolan "Rippy"
Date of birth
4 October 1922
Age
21
Place of birth
Missouri
Hometown
St. Charles, Missouri

Military service

Service number
37244203
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
H Company,
3rd Battalion,
504th Parachute Infantry Regiment,
82nd Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
20 September 1944
Place of death
Nijmegen, The Netherlands

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
P 8 5

Immediate family

Members
Leonard D. Dixon (father)
Hattie L. (Nolan) Dixon (mother)
Leonia (Lutes) Dixon (sister)
Helen L. (Monroe) Dixon (sister)
Wilbern D. Dixon (brother)
Dorothy (Hennecke) Dixon (sister)
Jessie M. Dixon (sister)
Gladys (Blysma) Dixon (sister)

More information

T/5 Wilford Dixon was killed during the crossing of the Waal River.

He was initially buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Molenhoek, the Netherlands.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.ww2-airborne.us, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Family Trees / Headstone and Interment Record

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Family Dixon, De Oversteek