Patrick R. Nixon
Rank/Branch: Lance Cpl./Marines
Unit: 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment,
2nd Marine Expeditionary
Brigade at Camp Lejeune
Age: 21
Date of Birth
Home City of Record: Gallatin, Tenn.
Date of Loss: 23 March 2003
Country of Loss: Iraq
Loss Coordinates: Combat near An Nasiriyah
Status: MIA/Iraq -- Remains recovered March 31, 2003
Category:
Acft/Vehicle/Ground:
Personnel in Incident: Lance Cpl. Thomas A. Blair, Pfc. Tamario D.
Burkett, Cpl. Kemaphoom A. Chanawongse, Lance Cpl. Donald J. Cline Pvt.
Jonathan L. Gifford, Pvt. Nolen R. Hutchings, Lance Cpl. Patrick R. Nixon,
Lance Cpl. Michael J. Williams
Source: Compiled by Last Firebase Veterans Archives Project from one or
more of the following: raw data from U.S. Government agency sources,
correspondence with POW/MIA families, published sources, interviews.
Date Updated: March 31, 2003
REMARKS:
MISSING MARINE FOUND DEAD IN NASIRIYAH
Wire service report__ A Tennessee family whose son had been
missing in Iraq learned today that he was found dead in Nasiriyah.
The Marines notified the family Sunday morning that 21-year-old Corporal
Patrick Nixon had been killed.
That's according to his father, David Nixon of Gallatin.
Patrick Nixon was one of eight Marines missing since a battle March 23rd near the southern Iraqi city of Nasiriyah.
The unit was ambushed while trying to secure a bridge.
Nixon was based at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.
He talked of being a history teacher after finishing his service in the Marines.
Nixon graduated from Overton High School in Nashville in 2000.
3/31/2003 10:04:37
U.S. Veteran
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