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WILLIE JAMES FRAZIER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 23, 1947 – May 5, 1969
Service recordWillie James Frazier, of Quitman, Georgia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 5, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 5
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- December 23, 1947
- Home of record
- Quitman, Georgia (Brooks County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 5, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date May 5, 1969; four of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 74 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 5
- LEROY JAMES GENTRYPrivate First Class · May 5, 1969
- HERMAN LEE GRAYSONPrivate First Class · May 5, 1969
- GEORGE RICHARD GREEN JRPrivate · May 5, 1969
- KEITH TAIT HAMMONDSergeant · May 5, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ODELL CRAIGSpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 4
From Quitman
- CLINTON EUGENE HARRIS JRSpecialist Four · November 8, 1967
- JONATHAN ROYAL GADDISSergeant First Class · February 24, 1968
- ELBERT JAMES BAKER JRCorporal · July 11, 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.