Washington Post, The (DC) - July 11, 1985
Deceased Name: Angus Malcolm Fraser , 72, a retired Marine colonel
Angus Malcolm Fraser, 72, a retired Marine colonel and an authority on Chinese military and defense policies, died of cardiorespiratory arrest July 6 at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Washington. He had been hospitalized since he had a fall in his home in Alexandria last year.
Col. Fraser, a native of Galveston, Tex., enlisted in the Marine Corps in 1936 and received a commission in 1939. He retired in 1964 and since then had produced a number of studies on Chinese strategic problems for the Institute for Defense Analysis and other organizations. He also wrote a book, "The People's Liberation Army: Communist China's Armed Forces," which appeared in 1973.
During World War II, Col. Fraser served on Samoa and in the Okinawa campaign, where he was operations officer of the 29th Marines. He later served on Guam and in China.
His other assignments included London, where he attended the Joint Services Staff College and was assigned to the office of the U.S. Naval Attache, and various posts in this country. In the Korean conflict, he was an adviser to the Korean Marine Corps and then executive officer of the 7th Marines, a regiment in the 1st Marine Division.
Col. Fraser graduated from the National War College in 1959. He had several tours of duty at Marine Corps headquarters and served in Taiwan as the senior adviser to the Republic of China Marine Corps. He commanded the 1st Marines and was chief of staff of the Marine base at Camp Pendleton, Calif., at the time he retired.
Col. Fraser moved to the Washington area when he left the service. In addition to his work for the Institute for Defense Analysis, he was a management consultant to the Smithsonian Institution. He was a director of the Marine Corps Historical Foundation.
His military decorations included the Bronze Star and the Navy Commendation Medal.
Survivors include his wife, Jessie M. Fraser of Alexandria, and a sister, Bettie Bays of Baytown, Tex.
Deceased Name: Angus Malcolm Fraser , 72, a retired Marine colonel
Angus Malcolm Fraser, 72, a retired Marine colonel and an authority on Chinese military and defense policies, died of cardiorespiratory arrest July 6 at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Washington. He had been hospitalized since he had a fall in his home in Alexandria last year.
Col. Fraser, a native of Galveston, Tex., enlisted in the Marine Corps in 1936 and received a commission in 1939. He retired in 1964 and since then had produced a number of studies on Chinese strategic problems for the Institute for Defense Analysis and other organizations. He also wrote a book, "The People's Liberation Army: Communist China's Armed Forces," which appeared in 1973.
During World War II, Col. Fraser served on Samoa and in the Okinawa campaign, where he was operations officer of the 29th Marines. He later served on Guam and in China.
His other assignments included London, where he attended the Joint Services Staff College and was assigned to the office of the U.S. Naval Attache, and various posts in this country. In the Korean conflict, he was an adviser to the Korean Marine Corps and then executive officer of the 7th Marines, a regiment in the 1st Marine Division.
Col. Fraser graduated from the National War College in 1959. He had several tours of duty at Marine Corps headquarters and served in Taiwan as the senior adviser to the Republic of China Marine Corps. He commanded the 1st Marines and was chief of staff of the Marine base at Camp Pendleton, Calif., at the time he retired.
Col. Fraser moved to the Washington area when he left the service. In addition to his work for the Institute for Defense Analysis, he was a management consultant to the Smithsonian Institution. He was a director of the Marine Corps Historical Foundation.
His military decorations included the Bronze Star and the Navy Commendation Medal.
Survivors include his wife, Jessie M. Fraser of Alexandria, and a sister, Bettie Bays of Baytown, Tex.
Washington Post, The (DC) - July 11, 1985
Deceased Name: Angus Malcolm Fraser , 72, a retired Marine colonel
Angus Malcolm Fraser, 72, a retired Marine colonel and an authority on Chinese military and defense policies, died of cardiorespiratory arrest July 6 at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Washington. He had been hospitalized since he had a fall in his home in Alexandria last year.
Col. Fraser, a native of Galveston, Tex., enlisted in the Marine Corps in 1936 and received a commission in 1939. He retired in 1964 and since then had produced a number of studies on Chinese strategic problems for the Institute for Defense Analysis and other organizations. He also wrote a book, "The People's Liberation Army: Communist China's Armed Forces," which appeared in 1973.
During World War II, Col. Fraser served on Samoa and in the Okinawa campaign, where he was operations officer of the 29th Marines. He later served on Guam and in China.
His other assignments included London, where he attended the Joint Services Staff College and was assigned to the office of the U.S. Naval Attache, and various posts in this country. In the Korean conflict, he was an adviser to the Korean Marine Corps and then executive officer of the 7th Marines, a regiment in the 1st Marine Division.
Col. Fraser graduated from the National War College in 1959. He had several tours of duty at Marine Corps headquarters and served in Taiwan as the senior adviser to the Republic of China Marine Corps. He commanded the 1st Marines and was chief of staff of the Marine base at Camp Pendleton, Calif., at the time he retired.
Col. Fraser moved to the Washington area when he left the service. In addition to his work for the Institute for Defense Analysis, he was a management consultant to the Smithsonian Institution. He was a director of the Marine Corps Historical Foundation.
His military decorations included the Bronze Star and the Navy Commendation Medal.
Survivors include his wife, Jessie M. Fraser of Alexandria, and a sister, Bettie Bays of Baytown, Tex.
Deceased Name: Angus Malcolm Fraser , 72, a retired Marine colonel
Angus Malcolm Fraser, 72, a retired Marine colonel and an authority on Chinese military and defense policies, died of cardiorespiratory arrest July 6 at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Washington. He had been hospitalized since he had a fall in his home in Alexandria last year.
Col. Fraser, a native of Galveston, Tex., enlisted in the Marine Corps in 1936 and received a commission in 1939. He retired in 1964 and since then had produced a number of studies on Chinese strategic problems for the Institute for Defense Analysis and other organizations. He also wrote a book, "The People's Liberation Army: Communist China's Armed Forces," which appeared in 1973.
During World War II, Col. Fraser served on Samoa and in the Okinawa campaign, where he was operations officer of the 29th Marines. He later served on Guam and in China.
His other assignments included London, where he attended the Joint Services Staff College and was assigned to the office of the U.S. Naval Attache, and various posts in this country. In the Korean conflict, he was an adviser to the Korean Marine Corps and then executive officer of the 7th Marines, a regiment in the 1st Marine Division.
Col. Fraser graduated from the National War College in 1959. He had several tours of duty at Marine Corps headquarters and served in Taiwan as the senior adviser to the Republic of China Marine Corps. He commanded the 1st Marines and was chief of staff of the Marine base at Camp Pendleton, Calif., at the time he retired.
Col. Fraser moved to the Washington area when he left the service. In addition to his work for the Institute for Defense Analysis, he was a management consultant to the Smithsonian Institution. He was a director of the Marine Corps Historical Foundation.
His military decorations included the Bronze Star and the Navy Commendation Medal.
Survivors include his wife, Jessie M. Fraser of Alexandria, and a sister, Bettie Bays of Baytown, Tex.
Gravesite Details
Interment date 7-11-1985. Colonel US Marine Corps. Veteran Service Dates from 11-01-1942 to 11-01-1964. Information extracted from the National Cemetery Administration's National Gravesite Locator. http://www.cem.va.gov/
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