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BARRY LYNN FRAZIER
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
May 27, 1944 – May 1, 1968
Service recordBarry Lynn Frazier, of Jersey Shore, Pennsylvania, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 1, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 53E, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53E · Line 31
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- May 27, 1944
- Home of record
- Jersey Shore, Pennsylvania (Lycoming County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 1, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
85 names on the Wall carry the date May 1, 1968; 40 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 53E, Line 31
- JAMES RAY FEDRO SRSpecialist Four · May 1, 1968
- ANTONIO GARCIAPrivate First Class · May 1, 1968
- LESLIE NEIL GENERALCorporal · May 1, 1968
- DONALD PETER GERVAISMaster Sergeant · May 1, 1968
From Jersey Shore
- HERBERT A RIPKAWarrant Officer 1 · May 27, 1967
- GEORGE HERBERT NESTLERODELieutenant Colonel · March 3, 1968
- BERNARD LAVERNE GAINESPrivate First Class · March 24, 1968
- CHARLES LE ROY MERRILL JRSpecialist Four · April 15, 1970
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.