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GENE ALLEN FRAZIER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 19, 1948 – July 26, 1968
Service recordGene Allen Frazier, of Sapulpa, Oklahoma, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 26, 1968, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 50W, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50W · Line 13
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- February 19, 1948
- Home of record
- Sapulpa, Oklahoma (Creek County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 26, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date July 26, 1968; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Long Province that day. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 38 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 50W, Line 13
- STEVEN ARTHUR FRINKPrivate First Class · July 26, 1968
- ALLEN JEROME GROVNERLance Corporal · July 26, 1968
- RICHARD WILLIS HANLEYLance Corporal · July 26, 1968
- VERNAR SLOANPrivate First Class · July 26, 1968
Same unit, same day
- TERRY ALLEN FRECHETTESpecialist Four · Panel 50W, Line 15
From Sapulpa
- RONALD WAYNE HUTSONSpecialist Four · February 12, 1967
- MICHAEL PERRY KNIGHTPrivate First Class · March 29, 1967
- WILLIAM GLENN YOUNGPrivate First Class · September 13, 1967
- MERLE KEITH CARTERFireman · October 22, 1967
- DANNY WILLIAM TIFFTLance Corporal · December 18, 1968
- RONALD HERMAN YOUNGConstructionman · April 13, 1969
- DAVID BRUNERSpecialist Four · May 14, 1969
- RICHARD LEE WILSONPrivate First Class · August 7, 1969
- TERRY KEITH MCDONELLCorporal · August 15, 1969
- LARRY ROY HENSHAWSergeant · May 1, 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.