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AGAPITO MOLINA JR
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 7, 1945 – July 27, 1966
Service recordAgapito Molina JR, of San Bernardino, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 27, 1966, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 80 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 80
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- December 7, 1945
- Home of record
- San Bernardino, California (San Bernardino County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 27, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date July 27, 1966; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 80
- ROBERT JOSEPH HENNEBERGLance Corporal · July 27, 1966
- JOSEPH FRANCIS HUNTStaff Sergeant · July 27, 1966
- JOE DAVID KEGLEYPrivate First Class · July 27, 1966
- GEORGE EDWARD THREATSPrivate First Class · July 27, 1966
From San Bernardino
- ELGIN LEROY STIRLINGPrivate First Class · July 12, 1965
- FRANK COSME ALCANTARLance Corporal · September 26, 1965
- ROY HOWARD BOWLINGCaptain · November 17, 1965
- FEDERICO SILVALance Corporal · December 18, 1965
- DENNIS DONALD BACKENPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- RICHARD RANGELSpecialist Four · February 23, 1966
- LOUIS PETER HERNANDEZPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- DAVID LEE FORCESecond Lieutenant · March 9, 1966
- GABRIEL GALLEGOSPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- JOHN BORGES LEALPrivate First Class · November 16, 1966
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.