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RONALD MONTE FRASER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 12, 1946 – September 14, 1968
Service recordRonald Monte Fraser, of Grand Rapids, Minnesota, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 14, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 44W, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44W · Line 56
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
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- January 12, 1946
- Home of record
- Grand Rapids, Minnesota (Itasca County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 14, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date September 14, 1968; five of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1968, 1,184 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 27 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 44W, Line 56
- JAMES MICHAEL BAKERCorporal · September 14, 1968
- CLIFTON LEE BOWENPrivate · September 14, 1968
- ALAN ROBERT GIANNELLISergeant · September 14, 1968
- JOHN WAYNE HEAPSPrivate First Class · September 14, 1968
From Grand Rapids
- RONALD LEE ZEMPELAirman · February 27, 1967
- ROBERT LEROY ANDERSLieutenant · February 2, 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.