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Claude Frazier Collection (1827) Finding Aid

Collection Item Number: 18270000000
Title
Finding Aid
Linear Feet
0.1
Pages
1
Language(s)
English
Dates
Creation: 05 July 2006
Scope and Contents
One linear foot contains slides, the 163rd Transportation Company's Guidon and a book titled The Anonymous Battle which documents an unnamed battle in War Zone C, RVN fought by Alpha Troop, First Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment on 26 March 1970.
Biographical / Historical
Clayde Frazier was born in 1942 in Dallas, Texas. Mr. Frazier attended Infantry Officer Basic Training Course at Fort Benning, Georgia in the fall of 1965. He volunteered for the Army Transportation Corps in 1968 after going through ROTC training and accepting an RA Commision on August 8th, 1965 at Washington University in St. Louis Missouri. Mr. Frazier served in the United States Army for four years, one of which was in Southeast Asia. He served with the 163rd Transportation Company from August 1967 until November 1967, the COB 23rd SAT Battalion Americal Division from November 1967 to August 1968 and the 5th Corps Transportaion Company. He held the positions of Commanding Officer in all three of his units of service. He was stationed at Chui Lai, Vietnam. He held the rank of 1st Lieutenant and Captain during his service in Vietnam. Mr. Frazier was involved in the Tet Offensive of 1968. He also recived the Bronze star for Meritorious Service. Mr. Frazier was discharged from the United States Army in 1969 at the rank of Captain.
1
Books
The Anonymous Battle by the Veterans of Alpha Troop and Captain John Poindexter (Ret.) (December 2004)
1
Slides
VAS042963-VAS043624
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1
Museum Objects
1827museum3187: 163rd Transportation Company Guidon
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Perma Link
https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=18270000000

Citation
Claude Frazier Collection (1827) Finding Aid, Claude Frazier Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University, https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=18270000000, Accessed 25 Jan 2026.

Pub Credit Line
18270000000, Claude Frazier Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University

Added: 04 Jul 2006 [Updated: 17 Nov 2011]