Served in the U.S. Navy as a Radioman/Sonarman. He transmitted the first report of hostilities at the beginning of the Korean War.
He died in the Veterans Hospital in Houston, Harris Co., TX following a massive stroke. He became the first international kidneys transplant doner. One of his kidneys was donated to a woman in Canada and the other kidney was donated to a man in the U.S. An article appeared in the Houston newspaper announcing the international transplant.
Son of Robert Onslow and Nina Pauline (Brown) Dixon
Husband of Vera Dorthy Lee Virginia (Nelms) Dixon
He died in the Veterans Hospital in Houston, Harris Co., TX following a massive stroke. He became the first international kidneys transplant doner. One of his kidneys was donated to a woman in Canada and the other kidney was donated to a man in the U.S. An article appeared in the Houston newspaper announcing the international transplant.
Son of Robert Onslow and Nina Pauline (Brown) Dixon
Husband of Vera Dorthy Lee Virginia (Nelms) Dixon
Served in the U.S. Navy as a Radioman/Sonarman. He transmitted the first report of hostilities at the beginning of the Korean War.
He died in the Veterans Hospital in Houston, Harris Co., TX following a massive stroke. He became the first international kidneys transplant doner. One of his kidneys was donated to a woman in Canada and the other kidney was donated to a man in the U.S. An article appeared in the Houston newspaper announcing the international transplant.
Son of Robert Onslow and Nina Pauline (Brown) Dixon
Husband of Vera Dorthy Lee Virginia (Nelms) Dixon
He died in the Veterans Hospital in Houston, Harris Co., TX following a massive stroke. He became the first international kidneys transplant doner. One of his kidneys was donated to a woman in Canada and the other kidney was donated to a man in the U.S. An article appeared in the Houston newspaper announcing the international transplant.
Son of Robert Onslow and Nina Pauline (Brown) Dixon
Husband of Vera Dorthy Lee Virginia (Nelms) Dixon
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