Marine Lance Cpl. Grant B. Fraser
Death: Aug 03, 2005
of Anchorage Alaska; assigned to the 4th Reconnaissance Battalion 4th Marine Division Marine Forces Reserve Elmendorf Air Force Base Alaska; attached to Regimental Combat Team 2 2nd Marine Division II Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward); killed Aug. 3 when his amphibious assault vehicle was hit by an improvised explosive device during combat operations south of Hadithah Iraq. Also killed were Marine Lance Cpls. Michael J. Cifuentes Aaron H. Reed Edward A. Schroeder II Kevin G. Waruinge and William B. Wightman. Marine killed by improvised explosive device in Iraq The Associated Press One day while Grant B. Fraser was trundling around the house in his diapers and slippers his father asked “Sprout why are you so happy?” Grant paused then answered “Because mommy and daddy are happy at me.” Fraser22 of Anchorage Alaska Died Aug. 3 when his vehicle was hit by an explosive south of Hadithah. He was assigned to Elmendorf Air Force Base. Friends and relatives remembered Fraser as spontaneous mischievous and witty. They talked about the big ears that jutted out from his head the “award-winning” smile and his favorite nickname Tnarg — “Grant” spelled backward. He had a wide range of interests: Acting mountain biking skiing playing the piano scuba diving rock climbing tennis and sailing. He left the University of Alaska at Anchorage in 2002 and enlisted in the Marines. “The day Grant enlisted was a watershed day for all of us” said his godmother Lynn Manley. “What a happy guy he was that day. I saw him after boot camp and there was a tree trunk where his long graceful neck used to be. Grant was exactly where he wanted tobe.” He is survived by his parents Sharon Long and James Fraser. Operation Iraqi Freedom