Frazer William J.

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William J. Frazer is honored on the following 2 monument(s) in our database:

42nd Rainbow Division Memorial

167th Regiment Alabama Plaque

Name:

William J. Frazer

Rank:

Sergeant

Serial Number:

Unit:

42nd (Rainbow) Division

Date of Death:

1974-01-17

State:

Alabama

Cemetery:

Magnolia Cemetery, Greenville, Alabama

Plot:

Old Addition Square 5 21

Row:

Grave:

Decoration:

Purple Heart

Comments:

William J. Frazer was born on November 18, 1897. He served in D Company, 42nd (Rainbow) Division as a Sergeant during World War I. In the Battle of Croix Rouge Farm on July 26, 1918, he was hit twice by German machine-gun fire. He lay on the no-man�s land of the battlefield for 17 hours before being picked up out of a shell hole and evacuated. William died on January 17, 1974 at the age of 76 and is now buried in the Magnolia Cemetery, Greenville, Butler County, Alabama, USA.