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FLOYD WENDELL FRAZIER JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 30, 1947 – October 19, 1971
Service recordFloyd Wendell Frazier JR, of Edmond, Oklahoma, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 19, 1971, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 44
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 30, 1947
- Home of record
- Edmond, Oklahoma (Oklahoma County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 19, 1971
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date October 19, 1971; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In October 1971, 132 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 44
- JOHN HENRY BROWNPrivate First Class · October 18, 1971
- ROBERT NUGENT BROWNFirst Lieutenant · October 19, 1971
- CALVIN BUSTER CHILDRESSSergeant First Class · October 19, 1971
- MARSHALL WAYNE WILLIAMSFirst Lieutenant · October 19, 1971
- BILLIE LEE COLEMANSergeant First Class · October 20, 1971
From Edmond
- JOHN CHARLES WILSONSergeant · October 16, 1966
- LARRY IVAN BROADHEADCaptain · May 10, 1969
- JAMES MICHAEL LEONARDSergeant · May 31, 1969
- JAMES EARL JOHNSONCorporal · November 7, 1969
- ROBERT WAYNE BURNESFirst Lieutenant · January 5, 1970
- ALLEN MATTHEW GARRETTStaff Sergeant · April 15, 1970
- DANNY JEAN SHORESSpecialist Four · October 6, 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.