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FRAZIER, William Ransom Jr - Date of
birth
17 February 1924 -
Age
20 -
Place of birth
Waynesville, Haywood County, North Carolina -
Hometown
Waynesville, Haywood County, North Carolina
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
34775115 -
Rank
Private First Class -
Function
unknown -
Unit
47th Tank Battalion,
14th Armored Division
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Awards
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
7 January 1945 - Place of
death
Near Herrlisheim, France
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal - Tablets of the Missing
Immediate family
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Members
William R. Frazier (father)
Iva (Snyder) Frazier (mother)
Thomas E. Frazier (brother)
Margaret Frazier (sister)
Mary Frazier (sister)
Marion Frazier (brother)
Nina Frazier (sister)
More information
Pfc William R. Frazier Jr. graduated from Waynesville High School in 1943 and was a metal worker.He enlisted at Camp Croft, South Carolina on 19 May 1943.
Pfc Frazier is remembered at the Green Hill Cemetery in Waynesville, Haywood County, North Carolina.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.findagrave.com – Richard Jordan / William Wayne Metcalf, www.ancestry.com – 1940 Census, http://14thad.org, www.newspapers.com – Asheville Citizen Times North Carolina 30 December 1945
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Have Paws will travel / Richard Jordan, Waynesville High School 1943