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MOLIMAU ASOMALIU TELA
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
March 30, 1934 – April 13, 1966
Service recordMolimau Asomaliu Tela, of San Pedro, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 13, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 111 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 111
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- March 30, 1934
- Home of record
- San Pedro, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 13, 1966
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date April 13, 1966; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1966, 406 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 111
- JOSE ANTHONY PACHECOLance Corporal · April 13, 1966
- RONALD GLEN SOULESergeant · April 13, 1966
- JAMES R TAYLORPrivate First Class · April 13, 1966
- JOSEPH TIMPA JRPrivate First Class · April 13, 1966
- HANS JORG RUDOLPH LORENZPrivate First Class · April 26, 1966
From San Pedro
- PAUL JOSEPH MARQUEZSpecialist Four · September 9, 1965
- DONALD STEPHEN NEWTONSergeant First Class · February 26, 1966
- DOUGLAS ELLSWORTH NICHOLSFirst Lieutenant · February 27, 1967
- RALPH PAUL VILLEGASPrivate First Class · September 6, 1967
- STEVE BUTOROVICCorporal · May 2, 1968
- FREDDIE JOE CIGARPrivate First Class · May 5, 1968
- LAWRENCE PINALESLance Corporal · July 4, 1968
- WILLIAM ARTHUR HEEPLieutenant · August 24, 1968
- DAVID PATRICK DOLANLance Corporal · January 26, 1969
- JOHN ANTHONY BURICH JRPrivate First Class · February 28, 1969
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.