In memory of
Ben Franklin Dixon
1919
- Their country
- United States of America
- Killed that day
- January 20, 1919, aged 43
Their life
Deputy Marshal Ben Dixon was shot and killed as he and a county sheriff attempted to arrest an AWOL soldier.
The soldier and his brother opened fired as the two lawmen approached the man's home. The brothers were sentenced to life in prison but escaped and were never recaptured.
Deputy Marshal Dixon is buried in Harmony Baptist Cemetery, Fannin County, Georgia.
Survived by
He was survived by his wife and child.
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