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ROBERT CARROL MOLLENHOUR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 5, 1949 – August 6, 1970
Service recordRobert Carrol Mollenhour, of Clatskanie, Oregon, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 6, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 88 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 88
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Construction Equipment Repairer (62B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- August 5, 1949
- Home of record
- Clatskanie, Oregon (Columbia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 6, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date August 6, 1970; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 88
- JAIME HERNANDEZ-CARRASQUILStaff Sergeant · August 6, 1970
- RODNEY GEORGE JOHNDROStaff Sergeant · August 6, 1970
- RICHARD JAMES LEONARDSpecialist Five · August 6, 1970
Same unit, same day
- RODNEY GEORGE JOHNDROStaff Sergeant · Panel 8W, Line 88
From Clatskanie
- GEORGE LOUIS KING JRPrivate First Class · June 5, 1968
- JOHN MARTIN BRUCHERMajor · February 18, 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.