Army Spc. Robert J. Dixon

Died May 06, 2007 serving during Operation Iraqi Freedom

27, of Minneapolis; assigned to the 1st Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Fort Riley, Kan.; died May 6 in Baghdad of wounds sustained when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle.

Minneapolis soldier killed in Iraq

The Associated Press

MINNEAPOLIS — A soldier from Minneapolis was killed by a roadside bomb in Iraq, his widow said May 8.

Army Pfc. Robert Dixon, 28, was just three months into his tour in Iraq, said his wife, Rusty Rose-Dixon. He was the gunner on top of a Humvee when it was hit by an improvised explosive device May 6, she said.

“He was such a nice guy but he drove people, just by his charm. He was so charming,” she told KSTP-TV.

Rose-Dixon said the last word she got from him was a text message he sent May 6 before he went out on patrol. She said she’s saving it because it’s the last one she’ll get from him.

She said she knew his job as a cavalry scout was dangerous, and that they had spoken openly about what would happen if he was hurt or killed.