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ALBERT RUSSELL MOLNAR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 15, 1941 – November 4, 1967
Service recordAlbert Russell Molnar, of North Bergen, New Jersey, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 4, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 18
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- January 15, 1941
- Home of record
- North Bergen, New Jersey (Hudson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 4, 1967
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date November 4, 1967; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29E, Line 18
- GREGORY ALTON WATSONPetty Officer Third Class · November 3, 1967
- ROBERT ALLEN ALBERTSONPrivate First Class · November 4, 1967
- JIMMY RAY BAGGARLYPrivate First Class · November 4, 1967
- JAMES WALTER BROCK IIIPrivate First Class · November 4, 1967
From North Bergen
- MICHAEL JOHN BRELLENTHINCorporal · February 25, 1968
- ROBERT SAMUEL ALLENCorporal · May 5, 1968
- CARL DENNIS WADLEIGHSpecialist Four · May 31, 1968
- ROBERT TRIVISONNOPrivate · November 15, 1968
- VINCENT RALPH SALEMIPrivate First Class · December 11, 1968
- JOHN HAYDEN WESTPrivate First Class · March 7, 1969
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.