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Personal info

Full name
DIXON, Harry J
Date of birth
1913
Age
unknown
Place of birth
New York
Hometown
The Bronx, Bronx County, New York City, New York

Military service

Service number
32296677
Rank
Corporal
Function
Squad Leader
Unit
G Company,
2nd Battalion,
317th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
9 October 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Sivry, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
D 14 26

Immediate family

Members
unknown

More information

Cpl Harry J. Dixon worked in a foundry.
He was first reported missing in action on 4 October.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - U.S. Headstone and Interment Record / Indiana Marriages, www.80thDivision.com, https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=4945&context=gradschool_theses

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