A Soldier's Story: Corporal Tobias William Frazier
A Soldier's Story: Corporal Tobias William Frazier
Corporal Tobias William Frazier
Born August 7, 1892 - Died December 27, 1975
Corporal Tobias William Frazier was born in Sulphur, Oklahoma, on August 7,1892.
A football player, he played for Armstrong Academy until his graduation in 1917.
Enlisting in the U.S. Army during World War I, he was assigned to the 36th Division, where Corporal Tobias Frazier and other soldiers from the Choctaw Native American Tribe used their native language to confound enemy listeners. Their actions helped break the Hindenburg Line.
After the war, Corporal Tobias Frazier returned to his native Oklahoma.
He died on December 27, 1975, and rests at the Rattan Cemetery in Rattan, Oklahoma.
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