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ERNEST ALVIN MOLZON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 20, 1948 – May 30, 1968
Service recordErnest Alvin Molzon, of Chardon, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 30, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 63W, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 63W · Line 19
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- January 20, 1948
- Home of record
- Chardon, Ohio (Geauga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 30, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date May 30, 1968; five of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 63W, Line 19
- EDWARD MICHAEL MCNAMARAStaff Sergeant · May 30, 1968
- WILLIE F OXENDINE IIIPrivate First Class · May 30, 1968
- JOHN DAVID PAPESergeant · May 30, 1968
- JOHNNIE EARL POWELLPrivate First Class · May 30, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD LEE RUCKERSpecialist Four · Panel 62W, Line 1
- HERBERT DONALD SNELLPrivate First Class · Panel 62W, Line 2
From Chardon
- CHARLES JOHN HILDENBRANDPrivate First Class · June 19, 1967
- WILLIAM IVAN INMANCorporal · May 3, 1968
- PAUL JAY KINGERYSergeant · May 13, 1968
- DAVID LEE URBANPrivate First Class · December 3, 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.