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CHARLES EDWARD MOLANO
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 3, 1946 – October 9, 1967
Service recordCharles Edward Molano, of Wantagh, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 9, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 82 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 82
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- May 3, 1946
- Home of record
- Wantagh, New York (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 9, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date October 9, 1967; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 82
- ROBERT JAMES LAZAROSecond Lieutenant · October 9, 1967
- WILLIS LEONARD MCBRIDESergeant · October 9, 1967
- BERNARD JAMES MEIRNDORFPrivate First Class · October 9, 1967
- ODES HERMAN MOUTARDIERSpecialist Four · October 9, 1967
Same unit, same day
- EDWARD JOSEPH BLOTZERPrivate First Class · Panel 27E, Line 79
- WILLIAM ROBERT BRAYSecond Lieutenant · Panel 27E, Line 79
- WILLIS WAYNE EMERTONPrivate First Class · Panel 27E, Line 80
- RICHARD RAY IRWIN JRPrivate First Class · Panel 27E, Line 80
- DAVID LITTLEHALE FARLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 27E, Line 81
- GREEN LEE HARTPrivate First Class · Panel 27E, Line 81
- JIMMY ROSS HOHSTADTPrivate First Class · Panel 27E, Line 81
- ROBERT JAMES LAZAROSecond Lieutenant · Panel 27E, Line 82
- BERNARD JAMES MEIRNDORFPrivate First Class · Panel 27E, Line 82
- JOEL CLYDE ROPERPrivate First Class · Panel 27E, Line 83
- RONALD S SANDELPrivate First Class · Panel 27E, Line 83
- STEPHEN JAY SMITHPrivate First Class · Panel 27E, Line 83
From Wantagh
- PARKER DRESSER CRAMERFirst Lieutenant · May 6, 1963
- SALVATORE FRANK POLIZZIPrivate First Class · July 12, 1967
- TERENCE PATRICK JORDANLance Corporal · January 7, 1968
- KENNETH EDWARD MESSENGERChief Warrant Officer 2 · May 5, 1968
- STEVEN ROBERT FRESEPrivate First Class · September 11, 1968
- EDWARD FRANCIS BARRYSergeant · February 15, 1969
- THOMAS JEROME CASEY JRWarrant Officer 1 · February 16, 1969
- RAYMOND CHARLES GRAVER JRSpecialist Four · April 5, 1970
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.