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BENJAMIN GEORGE MOLLICA
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
November 17, 1945 – May 26, 1967
Service recordBenjamin George Mollica, of Flushing, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 26, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 121 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 121
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- November 17, 1945
- Home of record
- Flushing, New York (Queens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 26, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
91 names on the Wall carry the date May 26, 1967; 39 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 121
- WILLIAM GREGORY LANDONPrivate First Class · May 26, 1967
- RAMON J MORALESPrivate First Class · May 26, 1967
- SHELTON MORGANPrivate First Class · May 26, 1967
- JIMMY KEITH MORRISONPrivate First Class · May 26, 1967
From Flushing
- WILLIAM CLAY WRIGHT JRPrivate First Class · May 23, 1966
- DAVID CLEELANDLieutenant Colonel · July 25, 1966
- LAWRENCE ANTHONY BARCKLOWAirman Second Class · November 26, 1966
- HENRY MCDONALDLance Corporal · December 11, 1966
- ANDREW LEROY HAMILTONPrivate First Class · April 22, 1967
- JERALD BRUCE WEAVERCorporal · August 15, 1967
- DAVID GEORGE DUNKENBERGERFirst Lieutenant · October 8, 1967
- GREGORY GOREPrivate First Class · December 20, 1967
- FRANCIS PATRICK COXLance Corporal · January 30, 1968
- ROBERT FRANK MEGLIOLieutenant Commander · February 6, 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.