Name:
Army Sgt. Daniel A. Frazier
Age:
25
From:
St. Joseph, Mo.,
Assigned to
the 782nd Brigade Support Battalion, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C.,
Incident:
Army Sgt. Daniel A. Frazier died Nov. 19 in Zabul province, Afghanistan, of wounds sustained when a suicide car-bomber attacked his unit. Also killed was John J. Cleaver.
Died:
November
19, 2009
Michigan soldier killed in Afghanistan
The Associated Press
ST. JOSEPH, Mich. — A southwest Michigan soldier has been killed in Afghanistan.
The U.S. Defense Department announced Nov. 23 that 25-year-old Army Sgt. Daniel Frazier of St. Joseph died Nov. 19 in Zabul province.
Frazier was assigned to the 782nd Brigade Support Battalion, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Bragg, N.C.
The Defense Department says Frazier and 36-year-old Staff Sgt. John Cleaver of Marysville, Wash., died of injuries from a suicide car-bomber attack on their unit.
Daniel Frazier was promoted from specialist to sergeant after his death.
Frazier’s father David Frazier tells WSBT-TV of South Bend, Ind., that Army officials said his son saved many lives during the attack.
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Occupation
the 782nd Brigade Support Battalion, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C.,
Incident
Army Sgt. Daniel A. Frazier died Nov. 19 in Zabul province, Afghanistan, of wounds sustained when a suicide car-bomber attacked his unit. Also killed was John J. Cleaver.