Donnie D. Dixon
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Age: 37
From: Miami
Assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas
Incident: Army Staff Sgt. Donnie D. Dixon died Sept. 29 in Baloor, Iraq, of wounds sustained when insurgents attacked his unit using small-arms fire.
Died: September 29, 2007
Miami soldier killed in Iraq spent career in the military
The Associated Press
MIAMI — A career soldier killed in his second tour of duty in Iraq had talked about joining the military almost from the time he first began speaking, relatives said.
Staff Sgt. Donnie D. Dixon of Miami had toy soldiers as a boy, reminded his family at his high school graduation in 1988 that he wanted to enlist and left for boot camp on his 18th birthday, relatives said.
“He died doing what he always wanted to do: serve his country,” said his mother, Dessie Dixon of Miami Gardens.
Dixon, 37, died Sept. 29 in Baloor, Iraq, of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit using small-arms fire, Pentagon officials said.
He drove a tank and was assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas. He planned to retire in three years, relatives...