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RUSSELL MOLDENHAUER
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
April 18, 1947 – December 2, 1967
Service recordRussell Moldenhauer, of Oxnard, California, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on December 2, 1967, in An Xugen Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 25
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 336 AVN CO 13 AVN BN 164 AVN GRP 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- April 18, 1947
- Home of record
- Oxnard, California (Ventura County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 2, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- An Xugen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date December 2, 1967; he was the only one lost in An Xugen Province that day. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 25
- JOHN HAROLD MANNSpecialist Four · December 2, 1967
- RODNEY DEAN MARTINEZLance Corporal · December 2, 1967
- THOMAS WILLIAM MITCHELLSpecialist Four · December 2, 1967
- FLOYD WAYNE STRANGEChief Warrant Officer 3 · December 2, 1967
From Oxnard
- ROSCOE HENRY FOBAIRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- STEVE WILSON PAGEPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- JOHN PERRY GILLIAMPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- DENNIS JOHN BREDASecond Lieutenant · March 19, 1967
- OREN KENNETH MILLERSergeant · June 25, 1967
- CHARLES ALAN BALLAUFHospitalman · July 7, 1967
- LEONARD R LUDWIGSpecialist Four · August 12, 1967
- JAMES RYOICHIRO WATANABESergeant · September 26, 1967
- HARRY CARL SARSFIELDSpecialist Four · October 17, 1967
- MANUEL JOE RODRIGUEZSergeant · October 24, 1967
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.