Clyde Frazier
Incident
Investigator Clyde Frazier was killed in the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks while attempting to rescue the victims trapped in the World Trade Center.
Investigator Frazier had been employed with the New York State Office of Tax Enforcement for 13 years.
On the anniversary of 9/11, I thank you and your comrades for your selfless duty and courage that momentous day. Your sacrifice and those of the victims and other first responders will forever be honored in the annals of brave men and women who gave their all for their city, state and for the United States of America. A hero in every sense of the word.
James Lopey, Assistant Sheriff (Ret) Washoe County Sheriff's Office (Reno, Nevada) Nevada DPS September 11th, 2023
September 11, 2001
Investigator Clyde Frazier was killed at the World Trade Center on the morning of September 11, 2001. He was 41 years old.
He is one of 72 officers honored here, and one of 4 at New York State Department of Taxation and Finance - Revenue Crimes Bureau.
Seventy-two law enforcement officers from eight local, state, and federal agencies were killed at the World Trade Center on the morning of September 11, 2001, alongside 343 members of the New York City Fire Department and more than 2,800 civilians. A fourth aircraft went down in a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania, where a law enforcement officer aboard was among the dead.
Officers went into the towers while everyone else was coming out. More than 25,000 people reached safety because they did.
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You went in while everyone else was coming out.
Investigator Frazier gave the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance 13 years.
Thank you for your service to the Albany community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Investigator Frazier.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Investigator Clyde Frazier is one of 1 officers lost to illness connected to their service across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,772 officers honored here.
In NY, 655 of 2,147 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 30.5% of this state's fallen. That is 30.5 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.
At New York State Department of Taxation and Finance - Revenue Crimes Bureau, 4 of 4 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 100% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Clyde Frazier's cause is highlighted.
How Clyde Frazier Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Clyde Frazier is highlighted in Sep.
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