Charles William Dixon Memorial Stone

Charles W. Dixon was born on July 30, 1916. He grew up with five brothers and five sisters and was a Barnstable High School graduate class of 1936. Dixon joined the United States Army. He was a member of the 171st Field Artillery Battalion, Battery A, 45th Infantry division. In February 1944, the 171st was on the Anzio Beach in Central Italy, just south of Rome. It was reported that heavy shelling was coming from German Artillery and German aircraft were numerous over the beach. On February 19, 1944, Private Charles Dixon was hit by a shell fragment to his chest and was killed. His body was returned in 1949 from Italy and buried in Lothrop Hill Cemetery. The memorial for Private Dixon is located at the intersection of Phinney’s Lane and Hyannis Road in Barnstable village in Massachusetts.