World War II Honoree

Derrel Boyd Frazier

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Bowie County, Texas

Honored By

Rene Tibbets

Relationship

Daughter

SERVED IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS DURING WWII. HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE DRIVER’S SECTION OF THE REGIMENTAL HEADQUARTERS. HAVING HEARD THAT A NEARBY COMPANY HAD SUFFERED SOME CASUALTIES THAT WERE IN NEED OF MORE MEDICAL ATTENTION, HE VOLUNTEERED TO TRAVEL THE DISTANCE OF THE HIGHWAY THAT WAS SUBJECT TO INTENSE ENEMY ARTILLERY FIRE AND WAS NOT CONSIDERED USABLE. WITH COMPLETE DISREGARD FOR HIS OWN WELFARE, HE LED THE SMALL CONVOY OF JEEPS THROUGH A NEW BARRAGE FROM THE ENEMY, AND SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED HIS MISSION. IT WAS DIRECTLY DUE TO HIS GREAT COURAGE AND INTREPIDITY THAT THE LIVES OF THE WOUNDED MEN WERE SAVED. HE WAS AWARDED THE BRONZE STAR FOR HIS ACT OF BRAVERY.