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EDWARD LEE FRAZIER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 20, 1948 – February 14, 1968
Service recordEdward Lee Frazier, of Aubrey, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 14, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 39E, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39E · Line 32
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 20, 1948
- Home of record
- Aubrey, Texas (Denton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 14, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
71 names on the Wall carry the date February 14, 1968; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 168 of its members that month.
He died in Thừa Thiên Province while the Battle of Huế was under way. At Huế (31 January–2 March 1968), Marines, soldiers of the 1st Cavalry and 101st Airborne divisions and South Vietnamese troops fought house to house for 26 days to retake the old imperial capital, the longest urban battle of the war. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Also on Panel 39E, Line 32
- DENNIS K FLEMINGCorporal · February 14, 1968
- LAWRENCE EDWARD GIBSONStaff Sergeant · February 14, 1968
- JOHN GODFREY JRFirst Lieutenant · February 14, 1968
- LARRY JO GOSSPetty Officer Second Class · February 14, 1968
Same unit, same day
- HOWARD CLAYTON BELLSergeant · Panel 39E, Line 28
- MICHAEL J KURELLACorporal · Panel 39E, Line 35
- LUTHER PAGE JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 39E, Line 36
From Aubrey
- MARVIN RAY FOSTERPrivate First Class · December 3, 1966
- JAMES EARNEST FOSTERSergeant · October 22, 1968
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.