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MICHAEL JOSEPH MOLINA
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 29, 1946 – February 28, 1967
Service recordMichael Joseph Molina, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 28, 1967, in Vinh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 120 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 120
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- January 29, 1946
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 28, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Vinh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
62 names on the Wall carry the date February 28, 1967; he was the only one lost in Vinh Long Province that day. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 120
- STEPHEN LEE MILESCorporal · February 28, 1967
- STANLEY GENE MILLERPrivate First Class · February 28, 1967
- JAMES RODNEY MOOREStaff Sergeant · February 28, 1967
- MICHAEL LEE MYERSCorporal · February 28, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DONALD SYLVESTER VAUGHANSpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 123
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 1965
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.