Richard Louis Fraser (1922 - 1942)

Born 12 Sep 1922 in Echo, Yellow Medicine, Minnesota, United States

Died 3 Mar 1942 at age 19 in At Sea

S2 Richard Fraser was Killed in Action during World War II.

Biography

On March 3 of 1942, the USS Asheville (PG-21) was engaged by two enemy destroyers and sunk approximately 300 miles south of Java. One crewman, FM/2c Fred Brown, was pulled from the water by the Japanese. Brown died three years later, still as a prisoner of war in the Celebes, N.E.I., but not before telling the story the Asheville's fate. After the war, a fellow POW reported Brown's tale to the US Navy.

November 25, 1945, Richard Fraser and his shipmates were officially considered Killed In Action (Presumed dead/lost at sea).

Sources

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• Find A Grave: Memorial #130419283