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JOSEPH JAMES MOLLOY
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
June 27, 1949 – January 21, 1969
Service recordJoseph James Molloy, of Jerseyville, Illinois, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 21, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 51
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- HQS 3 CAG SUPL 3 MARDIV
- Born
- June 27, 1949
- Home of record
- Jerseyville, Illinois (Jersey County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 21, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date January 21, 1969; three of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 51
- MILO GEORGE MAAHSCaptain · January 21, 1969
- KEN E MICLOSKEYSpecialist Four · January 21, 1969
- JAMES LEROY MILLERCorporal · January 21, 1969
- JOSEPH LEE MOORESergeant First Class · January 21, 1969
From Jerseyville
- WILLIAM FRANKLIN MILLERPrivate First Class · September 7, 1967
- IVAN DAVID ROTHFirst Lieutenant · November 18, 1967
- DALE PORTER BERTHOUXSpecialist Four · November 26, 1967
- ARTHUR L TUCKERPrivate First Class · March 28, 1968
- MICHAEL DEE MCCLAINSpecialist Four · September 30, 1968
- ROBERT LEE PAYNTERPetty Officer Second Class · January 7, 1971
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.