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JOHN LOUIS MOLYNEAUX JR
First Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
January 13, 1946 – August 31, 1968
Service recordJohn Louis Molyneaux JR served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 31, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 45W, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45W · Line 15
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
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Officer (I) (0302)
- Unit (as recorded)
- B CO 1 RECON BN 1 MARDIV
- Born
- January 13, 1946
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 31, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date August 31, 1968; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “B CO 1 RECON BN 1 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 45W, Line 15
- JOHN RANDOLPH MCINTOSHMajor · August 31, 1968
- WALTER ROY MCKEEPrivate First Class · August 31, 1968
- CHARLES CARTER MEYERSPrivate First Class · August 31, 1968
- ANTHONY MILLERCorporal · August 31, 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.