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REX LEONARD FRAZIER
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 14, 1942 – November 9, 1970
Service recordRex Leonard Frazier, of Sonora, California, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 9, 1970, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 47
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 14, 1942
- Home of record
- Sonora, California (Tuolumne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 9, 1970
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date November 9, 1970; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 47
- TIMOTHY DAVID AMICKCorporal · November 9, 1970
- JAMES PATRICK CODDINGTONMajor · November 9, 1970
- RANDALL LEE ELLISSergeant · November 9, 1970
- RONALD EDWARD GERSTNERSpecialist Five · November 9, 1970
Same unit, same day
- HARRY THOMAS PETERSENSergeant · Panel 6W, Line 48
From Sonora
- JOSEPH GARY GALAMBOSFirst Lieutenant · April 10, 1964
- THOMAS HOWARD BENTONLance Corporal · September 22, 1967
- WILLIAM WALKER MCCONNELLSpecialist Five · March 14, 1968
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.