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JAMES DAVIS MOLPUS
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
February 8, 1947 – May 2, 1968
Service recordJames Davis Molpus, of Longview, Texas, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 2, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 54E, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54E · Line 12
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- February 8, 1947
- Home of record
- Longview, Texas (Gregg County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 2, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
113 names on the Wall carry the date May 2, 1968; five of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 236 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 54E, Line 12
- HERBERT LYNN MEADSCorporal · May 2, 1968
- EDWARD CHARLES MILLERLance Corporal · May 2, 1968
- JOHNNY MILLERSpecialist Four · May 2, 1968
- WILLIAM JOSEPH MORSESergeant · May 2, 1968
Same unit, same day
- BENJAMIN ALLEN HONEYCUTTPrivate First Class · Panel 54E, Line 9
- RONALD JONESCorporal · Panel 54E, Line 9
- THOMAS IRA LONGPrivate First Class · Panel 54E, Line 11
- DONALD DAVID RANDALL JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 54E, Line 15
- ALLEN DUANE ROWLESSpecialist Four · Panel 54E, Line 16
- CHARLES HERBERT TURNER JRPrivate First Class · Panel 54E, Line 19
From Longview
- NORMAN RAY GARRETTPrivate · February 15, 1965
- WILLIAM BUCKELE NORTHCUTTPrivate First Class · August 23, 1966
- JAMES LEE WATKINSLance Corporal · January 28, 1967
- GARLAND PAUL LITTLEPrivate First Class · September 4, 1967
- JOHN WAYNE CAVERSergeant · October 31, 1967
- RICHARD ALTON HOLLOWAYSpecialist Four · December 2, 1967
- BOBBY LYNN WEATHERSLance Corporal · March 17, 1968
- JIM LAMARR AILSTOCK JRSpecialist Four · March 26, 1968
- RAYMOND RICHARD GILLOCKSpecialist Five · March 28, 1968
- THOMAS CLEO FYFFEPrivate First Class · July 24, 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.