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OCTAVIO MOLINA-ROSARIO
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 16, 1947 – May 13, 1968
Service recordOctavio Molina-Rosario, of Arecibo, Puerto Rico, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 13, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 59E, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 59E · Line 27
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- April 16, 1947
- Home of record
- Arecibo, Puerto Rico (Arecibo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 13, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
101 names on the Wall carry the date May 13, 1968; 11 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 151 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 59E, Line 27
- JOHN P MCGONIGAL JRPrivate First Class · May 13, 1968
- GENE CHARLES MORACKPrivate First Class · May 13, 1968
- GARY FREDRICK MYERSPrivate First Class · May 13, 1968
- RAY WILLIAM OWENStaff Sergeant · May 13, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DAVID ADAME GARCIASpecialist Four · Panel 59E, Line 22
- GEORGE DENNIS MATTHEWSCorporal · Panel 59E, Line 26
- NELSON SANTIAGO-APONTESpecialist Four · Panel 60E, Line 2
- STANLEY JOSEPH SUKOWATEYPrivate First Class · Panel 60E, Line 3
- MARVIN GEORGE TOZOURCorporal · Panel 60E, Line 4
From Arecibo
- ELMO ROSARIO-SALABERRIOSSpecialist Four · September 18, 1966
- LUIS ANTONIO PEREZ-CRUZPrivate First Class · November 4, 1966
- JAIME ALBERT RIVERA-LOPEZSpecialist Four · May 12, 1968
- ANGEL MANUEL CRUZ-VAZQUEZSpecialist Four · July 9, 1968
- JOSE D GUTIERREZ-VELAZQUEZSpecialist Five · September 13, 1968
- JUAN MANUEL VELEZ-VILLAMILSpecialist Four · February 21, 1969
- JOSE F ROSADO-BORGESPrivate First Class · August 24, 1969
- EUGENIO MOLINA-RODRIGUEZPrivate First Class · December 5, 1969
- DAVID CONCEPCION-NIEVESSpecialist Four · June 10, 1970
- ANTONIO ESTEVES-NEGRONSpecialist Five · June 29, 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.