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RICHARD JACOB FRAZIER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 7, 1947 – February 23, 1971
Service recordRichard Jacob Frazier, of White Cloud, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 23, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 133 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 133
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Sergeant Guidance Repairman (21E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- February 7, 1947
- Home of record
- White Cloud, Michigan (Newaygo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 23, 1971
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date February 23, 1971; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 133
- RONALD JAY FISHERPrivate First Class · February 23, 1971
- GENARO GARZAStaff Sergeant · February 23, 1971
- JOSEPH BRENDAN HARTPrivate First Class · February 23, 1971
- TERRANCE AKI OGATASpecialist Four · February 23, 1971
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.