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BARRY ALAN MOLETTIERE
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 14, 1949 – February 23, 1970
Service recordBarry Alan Molettiere, of Hatfield, Pennsylvania, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 23, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 49
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 14, 1949
- Home of record
- Hatfield, Pennsylvania (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 23, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date February 23, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 49
- EDWARD BRUCE MELODYWarrant Officer 1 · February 23, 1970
- DAVID JOSEPH NACHTIGALLSpecialist Five · February 23, 1970
- CLARK RUSSELL PEDERSENChief Warrant Officer 2 · February 23, 1970
- JUAN AMADOR RUBIOSpecialist Four · February 23, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DENNIS PATRICK SCHNEIDERCorporal · Panel 13W, Line 50
From Hatfield
- ROBERT IRVIN MOORESpecialist Four · January 10, 1968
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.