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DONALD JEROME FRAZELLE
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
October 22, 1946 – March 21, 1971
Service recordDonald Jerome Frazelle, of Raleigh, North Carolina, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 21, 1971, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 63
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. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 22, 1946
- Home of record
- Raleigh, North Carolina (Wake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 21, 1971
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date March 21, 1971; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 4W, Line 63
- MICHAEL DAVID WOODARDPrivate First Class · March 20, 1971
- ALAN EUNICE DAVISCorporal · March 21, 1971
- ERNEST LLOYD HIRTLERLance Corporal · March 21, 1971
- DAVID CLYDE LANCASTERWarrant Officer 1 · March 21, 1971
From Raleigh
- WILLIAM EDWARD DAVIS JRSecond Lieutenant · December 10, 1965
- CHARLES EDWARD ALSTONPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- LEE ARTHUR MOORE JRSpecialist Four · March 30, 1966
- EDWARD SHEPHERDPlatoon Sergeant · May 21, 1966
- JOHN B DAVIS IIISpecialist Four · July 7, 1966
- WAYLAND DUNN JRSergeant · August 14, 1966
- LEON GORDON CHADWICK IIICaptain · November 14, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD OXLEYFirst Lieutenant · November 26, 1966
- SAMUEL ADAMS JAMES JRFirst Lieutenant · December 4, 1966
- DONALD FRANK RHODESPrivate · January 7, 1967
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.