The Wall › Panel 11W › Iowa › Gary Dean Frasher
GARY DEAN FRASHER
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
October 6, 1948 – May 8, 1970
Service recordGary Dean Frasher, of Worthington, Iowa, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 8, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 131 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 131
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- October 6, 1948
- Home of record
- Worthington, Iowa (Dubuque County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 8, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date May 8, 1970; four of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 80 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 131
- LARRY AUSTIN FOSTERPrivate First Class · May 8, 1970
- CHARLES JOHN HEIN JRStaff Sergeant · May 8, 1970
- PATRICK ERNEST HENNENSergeant · May 8, 1970
- DAVID JEROME HUBERTYSergeant · May 8, 1970
Same unit, same day
- MERLIN GEORGE ORRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 10W, Line 2
- FRANKIE CARL VASSAURCorporal · Panel 10W, Line 4
From Worthington
- DAVID HENRY SHERLOCKFirst Lieutenant · August 3, 1969
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.