{"id":201550,"date":"2026-05-24T23:03:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-24T23:03:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/201550\/"},"modified":"2026-05-24T23:03:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-24T23:03:12","slug":"gold-star-mother-honors-son-killed-in-iraq-on-memorial-day-nbc10-philadelphia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/201550\/","title":{"rendered":"Gold Star mother honors son killed in Iraq on Memorial Day \u2013 NBC10 Philadelphia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcphiladelphia.com\/tag\/memorial-day\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Memorial Day<\/a> weekend ceremonies across the Philadelphia region are honoring service members who gave their lives while serving the country.<\/p>\n<p>One ceremony in Pennsauken Township brought together community members to remember those who made the ultimate sacrifice. For Jacquelyn Dixon, a Gold Star mother from Lindenwold, Camden County, the support means a lot.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt makes me feel good. It helps heal the pain that we have inside of us. It really does,\u201d Dixon said.<\/p>\n<p>Dixon\u2019s son, U.S. Army Specialist Anthony Joseph Dixon, was killed in action while serving in Iraq in August 2004. He was 20 years old.<\/p>\n<p>Dixon said her son decided to serve after the Sept. 11 attacks because he felt called to help.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe gave his life because he believed in what he did. And he loved serving. He loved his family, he loved God and he loved serving his country,\u201d Dixon said.<\/p>\n<p>During the ceremony, Anthony Dixon was remembered alongside other fallen service members.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome gave all and all gave some. Anthony gave all so that we can enjoy the freedoms that we enjoy,\u201d one speaker said during the event.<\/p>\n<p>As families gather for barbecues and celebrations this holiday weekend, Dixon said she hopes people will take a moment to remember those who died serving the country and the families they left behind.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJust take a moment. And be thankful. Because of those that did give their lives, be thankful for them and the families that they left behind,\u201d Dixon said.<\/p>\n<p>Dixon said knowing her son\u2019s sacrifice is still remembered brings her comfort.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a blessing to just know that he will never be forgotten. Never ever,\u201d Dixon said.<\/p>\n<p>This story was originally reported for broadcast by NBC Philadelphia. AI tools helped convert the story to a digital article, and an NBC Philadelphia journalist edited the article for publication.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Memorial Day weekend ceremonies across the Philadelphia region are honoring service members who gave their lives while serving&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":201551,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[27412,69,71,70],"class_list":["post-201550","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-philadelphia","tag-memorial-day","tag-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia-headlines","tag-philadelphia-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201550","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=201550"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201550\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/201551"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=201550"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=201550"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=201550"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}