Dixon, Robert Jonathan
SPC Dixon, Robert Jonathan, 27, a native of MINNEAPOLIS, MN, died serving in the Active Duty, ARMY, TROOP A, 1ST SQUADRON, 4TH CAVALRY, 4 BCT, FORT RILEY, KANSAS, during Operation Iraqi Freedom on May 6, 2007. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
Serving as SPC Dixon, Robert Jonathan, from MINNEAPOLIS, MN, at age 27, with TROOP A, 1ST SQUADRON, 4TH CAVALRY, 4 BCT, FORT RILEY, KANSAS, he went to Iraq with the ARMY. He did not come home.
On May 6, 2007, he died in BAGHDAD, IRAQ ? HOSTILE ?. His name entered the Defense Casualty Analysis System that day.
The years 2005?2007 were OIF's deadliest. Sectarian violence surged after the 2006 bombing of the al-Askari shrine in Samarra. American troops were caught between militias, insurgents, and a government that barely functioned.
Source: Defense Casualty Analysis System (DCAS). Operation: Operation Iraqi Freedom. Date of death: May 6, 2007. Hometown: MINNEAPOLIS, MN.
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Dixon, Robert Jonathan was killed during Operation Iraqi Freedom (from March 2003 to August 2010). The conflict concluded in August 2010. See the full roster of those killed in this conflict.
Among those documented in the same conflict: Kennedy, Brian Matthew, Beaupre, Ryan Anthony, Gutierrez, Jose, Waters-bey, Kendall Damon.