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Personal info

Full name
DIXON, George R
Date of birth
1919
Age
unknown
Place of birth
New York
Hometown
Rochester, Monroe County, New York

Military service

Service number
42146757
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
A Company,
1st Battalion,
311th Infantry Regiment,
78th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
10 February 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
G 11 37

Immediate family

Members
Lee B. Dixon (father)
Mabel Dixon (mother)

More information

Pvt George R. Dixon graduated from Jefferson High School and worked for the Bausch & Lomb Optical Company.

He enlisted at Fort Dix, New Jersey on 28 June 1944 and was sent overseas in December 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com – 1920/1930 Census / WWII Enlistment Record / Headstone and Interment Records, www.findagrave.com – Russ Pickett / James L. Cooper, www.newspapers.com - Democrat and Chronicle

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Des Philippet, www.newspapers.com - Democrat and Chronicle