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WILLIAM JOHN MOLTZAN
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
September 26, 1935 – May 10, 1968
Service recordWilliam John Moltzan, of Dent, Minnesota, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on May 10, 1968, in South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 58E, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 58E · Line 12
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Fixed Cryptographic Equipment Repairer (32G)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- September 26, 1935
- Home of record
- Dent, Minnesota (Otter Tail County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 10, 1968
- Age
- 32
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
72 names on the Wall carry the date May 10, 1968. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 115 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 58E, Line 12
- RUDY LOPEZPrivate First Class · May 10, 1968
- JAMES RAYMOND OVESONLance Corporal · May 10, 1968
- ROBERT LEE OWENSSergeant · May 10, 1968
- WAYNE THOMAS PROVENCHERPrivate First Class · May 10, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM GERALD BEHANSpecialist Four · Panel 58E, Line 4
- LEROY CONESergeant · Panel 58E, Line 5
- RICHARD JAVIER FLORESCorporal · Panel 58E, Line 7
- PAUL EDWARD JACKSONPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 58E, Line 9
- ROBERT MILTON JACOBSCorporal · Panel 58E, Line 9
- RAUL SERRANO-ECHEVARRIAPrivate First Class · Panel 58E, Line 9
- OLIVER KASPER KORANDOSergeant · Panel 58E, Line 10
- RICHARD DENNIS KOSARSergeant · Panel 58E, Line 10
- DAVID MICHAEL POWELLPrivate First Class · Panel 58E, Line 13
- HOWARD EMERSON QUERRYSergeant · Panel 58E, Line 13
- FRANK PAUL JENCZYK JRPrivate First Class · Panel 58E, Line 15
- EDMUND BAGWEL SCARBOROUGHCaptain · Panel 58E, Line 15
- JOSE LOUIS VIERASCorporal · Panel 58E, Line 17
- RANDOLPH RECARDO WILKINSPrivate First Class · Panel 58E, Line 17
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.