Editing Fragging (section)

{{short description|Deliberate killing or attempted killing of a soldier by a fellow soldier}}
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[[File:M-61Grenade.jpg|thumb|[[M26 grenade]], issued to the U.S. Army and U.S. Marines in the [[Vietnam War]], used in many fragging incidents.<ref>[http://ttupress.org/docs/9780896727151PressRelease.pdf Military historian examines Vietnam-era fragging cases— including details of many that may never be resolved] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131226113837/http://ttupress.org/docs/9780896727151PressRelease.pdf |date=December 26, 2013 }} Texas Tech University Press, May 16, 2001</ref>]]

'''Fragging''' is the deliberate or attempted killing of a soldier, usually a superior, by a fellow soldier. [[U.S. military]] personnel coined the word during the [[Vietnam War]], when such killings were most often committed or attempted with a [[fragmentation grenade]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=Frag|url=https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/frag|access-date=June 21, 2021|website=www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com}}</ref> to make it appear that the killing was accidental or during combat with the enemy. The term fragging now encompasses any deliberate killing of military colleagues.<ref>{{cite book |author1=William Darryl Henderson |editor1-last=Chambers |editor1-first=John Whiteclay |title=The Oxford companion to American military history |date=1999 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-507198-6 |page=279 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_Rzy_yNMKbcC&pg=PA279 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author1=William Darryl Henderson |title=Fragging {{!}} Encyclopedia.com |url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/history/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/fragging |website=www.encyclopedia.com}}</ref>

The high number of fragging incidents in the latter years of the Vietnam War was symptomatic of discontent that existed among some military personnel and of a breakdown of discipline in parts of the U.S. Armed Forces. Documented and suspected fragging incidents using explosives totaled 904 from 1969 to 1972,<ref name="Lepre"/> while hundreds of fragging incidents using firearms took place, but were hard to quantify as they were indistinguishable from combat deaths and poorly documented.

Fragging should not be confused with the unintentional killing and/or wounding of comrades and/or allied personnel; such incidents are referred to as [[friendly fire]].