Miami Soldier Killed In Iraq Spent Career In The Military

A career soldier killed in his second tour of duty in Iraq had talked about joining the military almost from the time he first began speaking, relatives said. Staff Sgt. Donnie D. Dixon of Miami had toy soldiers as a boy, reminded his family at his high school graduation in 1988 that he wanted to enlist and left for boot camp on his 18Th birthday, relatives said. He died doing what he always wanted to do and was serving his country.Dixon, 37, died Saturday in Baloor, Iraq, of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit using small arms fire. He was going to retire in three more years. Dixon left behind a wife and four children's in Texas were he was station at.