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GARY LEE FRAZIER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 21, 1950 – August 22, 1970
Service recordGary Lee Frazier, of Jackson, Mississippi, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 22, 1970, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 130 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 130
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Materiel Supply Specialist (76T)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- April 21, 1950
- Home of record
- Jackson, Mississippi (Hinds County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 22, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date August 22, 1970; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 130
- ROBERT LEON DUNAWAY JRSpecialist Four · August 22, 1970
- ROBERT MICHAEL DURALLCorporal · August 22, 1970
- JOSEPH DENNIS GAGNONSergeant · August 22, 1970
- LAWRENCE GEIGERPrivate First Class · August 22, 1970
Same unit, same day
- KENNETH DALE BILLSCorporal · Panel 8W, Line 129
- WAYNE ROBERT DAVISSpecialist Four · Panel 8W, Line 129
- ROBERT MICHAEL DURALLCorporal · Panel 8W, Line 130
- LAWRENCE GEIGERPrivate First Class · Panel 8W, Line 130
- ROBERT ONEAL NIMANPrivate First Class · Panel 8W, Line 131
- RONALD LEE YOUNGSpecialist Five · Panel 8W, Line 132
From Jackson
- JOHNNY CRAWFORD SANDERSMaster Sergeant · December 25, 1963
- BYRON HUGH CROTWELLStaff Sergeant · January 13, 1966
- ANDREW L HENRYPrivate First Class · January 14, 1966
- JAMES ALBERT WOODCorporal · March 25, 1966
- JOHN DANIEL ROECKLPrivate First Class · August 2, 1966
- RICHARD A WALTMANPrivate First Class · August 15, 1966
- WILLIAM DEWITT PERKINS JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · August 27, 1966
- JAMES PETER NARD IIILance Corporal · September 18, 1966
- DONAIL MARTINPetty Officer Third Class · November 28, 1966
- TOMMIE LEE MOONEYPrivate First Class · December 11, 1966
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.