Kenneth J. Fraser

Ken Fraser entered Air Force Officer Training School at Lackland AFB, Texas, earning his commission as a Second Lieutenant on December 21, 1964. After completing the Communications Officer Course at Keesler AFB, Mississippi, Lieutenant Fraser was assigned to the 2045th Communications Group at Andrews AFB, Maryland. He next attended Undergraduate Navigator School at Mather AFB, California, where he graduated and was awarded his Navigator Wings. After completing Electronic Warfare Officer training, Fraser went through B-52 Stratofortress combat crew training. From December 1968 to December 1969, he served with the 393rd Bomb Squadron at Pease AFB, New Hampshire. During this time, Captain Fraser flew 63 combat missions in Southeast Asia. He then transferred to the 596th Bomb Squadron at Barksdale AFB, Louisiana. Fraser then became an F-105G Wild Weasel Electronic Warfare Officer and began flying combat missions in Southeast Asia with the 6010th Wild Weasel Squadron at Korat Royal Thai AFB, Thailand, in August 1971. While flying his 90th F-105 mission on February 17, 1972, Captain Fraser was forced to eject over North Vietnam and was taken as a Prisoner of War.