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KENNETH CHARLES FRAZER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 16, 1945 – September 9, 1968
Service recordKenneth Charles Frazer, of Chester, Illinois, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 9, 1968, in Quang Duc Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 44W, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44W · Line 9
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.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- September 16, 1945
- Home of record
- Chester, Illinois (Randolph County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 9, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Duc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date September 9, 1968; he was the only one lost in Quang Duc Province that day. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 44W, Line 9
- ALDO ANTHONY DORIAPrivate · September 9, 1968
- ROBERT THOMAS ELLIOTT IIIFirst Lieutenant · September 9, 1968
- WILLIAM EDWARD FISHBACKLance Corporal · September 9, 1968
- EUGENE OTTO FULLERPrivate First Class · September 9, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT THOMAS ELLIOTT IIIFirst Lieutenant · Panel 44W, Line 9
From Chester
- CHARLES WAYNE RADERLance Corporal · March 3, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD COWELLPrivate First Class · May 31, 1968
- BRUCE RICHARD WELGEFirst Lieutenant · January 26, 1969
- FREDERICK ALLEN ALLMEYERPrivate First Class · June 6, 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.