Dixon, Wilford Nolan
- Date of birth:
- April 10th, 1921 (Tebbetts/Callaway County, Missouri, United States)
- Date of death:
- September 20th, 1944 (Waal river near Nijmegen, the Netherlands)
- Buried on:
- Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial
Plot: P. Row: 8. Grave: 5. - Service number:
- 37 244 203
- Nationality:
- American
Biography
Wilford Dixon was born on January 1st, 1920 as son to Leonard D. Dixon en Hattie L. Dixon (Nolan). He was killed during the Waal river crossing on September 20th, 1944.
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Purple Heart
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Technician 5th Grade (T-5)
- Unit:
- H Company, 3rd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division 'All American'
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Second Purple Heart awarded in the form of an oak leaf cluster to be placed on the ribbon of the first Purple Heart.
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Technician 5th Grade (T-5)
- Unit:
- Company H, 3rd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division "All American", U.S. Army
- Awarded for:
- Operation Market Garden
Awarded posthumously.
Third Purple Heart awarded in the form of a second oak leaf cluster to be placed on the ribbon of the first Purple Heart.
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Technician 5th Grade (T-5)
- Unit:
- H Company, 3rd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division 'All American'
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Technician 5th Grade (T-5)
- Unit:
- H Company, 3rd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division 'All American'
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Technician 5th Grade (T-5)
- Unit:
- H Company, 3rd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division 'All American'
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Technician 5th Grade (T-5)
- Unit:
- H Company, 3rd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division 'All American'
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Technician 5th Grade (T-5)
- Unit:
- H Company, 3rd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division 'All American'
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Technician 5th Grade (T-5)
- Unit:
- H Company, 3rd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division 'All American'
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Technician 5th Grade (T-5)
- Unit:
- H Company, 3rd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division 'All American'
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Technician 5th Grade (T-5)
- Unit:
- H Company, 3rd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division 'All American'
Sources
- Photo 1: U.S. Army photo
- Photo 2: Findagrave.com by Des Philippet
- - BEEVOR, ANTHONY, De slag om Arnhem, ambo|anthos, Amsterdam, 2018.
- LUNTEREN, F. VAN, Spearhead of the fifth army, Casemate, Havertown USA & Oxford UK, 2016.
- LUNTEREN, F. VAN, The Battle of the Bridges, Casemate, 2017.
- STEENBERGER, D. e.a., De Oversteek, De Gelderlander, Nijmegen, 2013.
- De Gelderlander
- Adoptiegraven
- https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56298224/wilford-noland-dixon
- https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/1138690/person/569193788
- https://www.fieldsofhonor-database.com/index.php/en/american-war-cemetery-margraten-d/56844-dixon-wilford-n
- https://www.ww2-airborne.us/units/504/504_trp_3.html
- https://www.honorstates.org/profiles/69824/
- https://www.uswarmemorials.org/html/people_details.php?PeopleID=31567
- https://www.uswarmemorials.org/html/people_details.php?PeopleID=31567
- https://www.oorlogsdodennijmegen.nl/persoon/dixon/
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