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ISTVAN MOLNAR
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 18, 1937 – February 1, 1968
Service recordIstvan Molnar, of Hopkinsville, Kentucky, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 1, 1968, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 36E, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36E · Line 51
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- October 18, 1937
- Home of record
- Hopkinsville, Kentucky (Christian County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 1, 1968
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
96 names on the Wall carry the date February 1, 1968; eight of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
He died in Bien Hoa Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 36E, Line 51
- FRANCIS GILBERT HENRYPrivate First Class · February 1, 1968
- PEDRO ALEXANDRO HERNANDEZCorporal · February 1, 1968
- JOSEPH PHILLIP HOLLANDCaptain · February 1, 1968
- ALPHONZO HOLMON JRPrivate First Class · February 1, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ARTHUR RICHARD TIMBOEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 36E, Line 62
From Hopkinsville
- EWING COTTRELL BABBAGEPrivate First Class · January 28, 1966
- DONALD FRANKLIN MCMILLANCaptain · April 2, 1966
- CHARLES SEABORN ABELCaptain · September 13, 1966
- LARRY REEDSergeant · December 25, 1966
- JOSEPH ALLEN SCRUGGSCorporal · April 5, 1967
- WADDEL EVANSPrivate First Class · May 11, 1967
- JOSEPH LORAN MILLERPrivate First Class · July 12, 1967
- MICHAEL R HARRIS JRPrivate First Class · July 26, 1967
- WILLIAM ANDREW WRIGHTStaff Sergeant · September 20, 1967
- ESTEVAN TORRESMaster Sergeant · March 22, 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.