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ROBERT JOHN MOLOSSI
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 8, 1946 – January 13, 1968
Service recordRobert John Molossi, of Daly City, California, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 13, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 43
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Motor Vehicle Operator (3531)
- Born
- November 8, 1946
- Home of record
- Daly City, California (San Mateo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 13, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date January 13, 1968; 22 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 43
- MARK AUGUST LAMPRECHTPrivate First Class · January 13, 1968
- JACKIE RAY MCELWEELance Corporal · January 13, 1968
- BRUCE AUSTIN MORRISONPrivate First Class · January 13, 1968
- JAMES DOMINICK SACCOSpecialist Four · January 13, 1968
From Daly City
- RONALD LEE BELKNAPCorporal · August 8, 1966
- GLEN MARK MORRISONPrivate First Class · January 8, 1968
- GLENN EDWARD KOLLMANNCommander · March 12, 1968
- SHERRICK CAMDEN BRITTONPrivate First Class · April 10, 1968
- HAROLD JOHN CLIFFORDSecond Lieutenant · May 26, 1968
- EMIL HAROLD SMEVOLDPrivate First Class · September 4, 1968
- JUAN CARLOS QUINTANASpecialist Four · January 19, 1969
- EDWARD PAUL VANDERVORTCorporal · February 4, 1969
- DONALD CHARLES BOSBERYFirst Lieutenant · April 11, 1969
- HENRY DANIEL BELL JRPrivate First Class · January 31, 1970
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.