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Craig Mitchell Dix, age 21, from Livonia, Michigan, Wayne county.

Service era: Vietnam

Date of death: March 17, 1971
Death details: On March 17, 1971, a UH-1 Iroquois (tail number 16664) with a crew of four on a combat mission in Cambodia was shot down by enemy ground fire. Although searchers were unable to establish any radio contact with possible survivors, search and rescue missions attempted to reach the crash site for a week. Each attempt was driven off by enemy fire, and the search was finally called off.

Specialist Four Craig Mitchell Dix, who joined the U.S. Army from Michigan, served with the 128th Assault Helicopter Company, 11th Aviation Battalion, 12th Aviation Group, 1st Aviation Brigade. He was the crew chief aboard the Iroquois when it crashed, and further attempts to locate him or his remains have been unsuccessful. Subsequent to the incident, and while carried in the status of missing in action (MIA), the U.S. Army promoted Specialist Four Dix to the rank of Staff Sergeant (SSG). Today, Staff Sergeant Dix is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.

Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency