WWII

Robert Lee Dixon, Sr.

Rate / Rank
CS 2

Birthdate
February 6 1922

Date of Death
April 5 2012

Branch
US Navy

Active Duty Service
October 20 1942 - January 20 1946

Conflicts & Campaigns

Atlantic; Invasion of Southern France, August 15, 1944

Significant Duty Stations

Naval Training Station, Norfolk, Virginia; USS Nitro (AE-2) USS Barricade (ACM-3)

Decorations & Citations

European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal; World War II Victory Medal

Notes

Born; Reno, Georgia. Retired brick mason. Brother of Private Forcie Wayne Dixon US Army, Coxswain Calvin Murray Dixon US Navy, Airman Hugh Rudolph Dixon US Navy and Seaman First Class William Carroll Dixon US Navy. Burial; Greenwood Cemetery, Cairo, Georgia.