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Personal info

Full name
FRASER, Raymond Henry
Date of birth
13 November 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Nashua, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire
Hometown
Nashua, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire

Military service

Service number
11128003
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
53rd Armored Infantry Battalion,
4th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
1 April 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
M 3 12

Immediate family

Members
Henry Fraser (father)
Eva (Kerouac) Fraser (mother)
Beatrice J. Fraser ( sister)
Leo Fraser (brother)
Edwin Fraser (brother)
Annette Fraser (sister)
Henry Fraser (brother)

More information

Pvt Raymond H. Fraser graduated from Nashua High School in 1940 where he played football and baseball and served on the school newspaper.

He volunteered for the Army of the United States in Manchester, New Hampshire on 8 December 1942.

Source of information: André Koch, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com – 1930/1940 Census

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Fred Munckhof, www.ancestry.com - Nashua High School, 1940, Elly Vogely (courtesy of the family of Pvt Fraser)