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Casualty Info
Home Town Chardon
Last Address 14910 Chardon-Windsor Road, Chardon, OH 44046
Casualty Date May 30, 1968
Cause KIA-Killed in Action
Reason Misadventure
Location Gia Dinh (Vietnam)
Conflict Vietnam War
Location of Interment Hambden Township Cemetery - Hambden, Ohio
Wall/Plot Coordinates 63W 019/New Section, Lot 13, Grave 1
Died due to Friendly Fire Rocket from a U.S. Army Gunship / Helicopter during hostile action in the Gia Dinh Province, U.S. Military Region 3 / III Corps, Republic of South Vietnam. Hostile action took place near Xom Hoa Dong approximately 11 kilometers southwest of downtown Saigon.
Incident: The Gunship rocket fire went astray. Source of information from DA2496, Military Casualty Report in Vietnam as the Result of Hostile Action, 3 June 1968, on record at the LBJ Library, Box 109. The Individual died from wounds received while on combat operation when hit by friendly helicopter rocket fire directed at a hostile force.
Age at Death 20
Two other soldiers died in this incident:
Rucker, Richard Lee SP4, A Company, Infantry 11B20
Snell, Herbert Donald PFC, A Company, Infantry 11B10
Comments/Citation:
Tribute
The Hambden, Ohio, Christian & Missionary Alliance Church, its members and other friends raised funds to build an air / landing strip in West Irian for the New Guinea Mission in an area called Mugwi. The air strip was to be named Bud's Strip in his memory
Source: Newspaper article (s), Huntsburg, Ohio. Newspaper and Date unknown, sometime in June 1968, article appeared on page one.
Protestant - None Denominational
Member of Christian & Missionary Alliance Church, Hambden, Ohio
Single (Never Married)
Graduated from Berkshire High School - 1966
[other news source stated Burton High School - 1966]
Parents: Mr. & Mrs. Albert Molzon, Huntsburg, Ohio, 1968
Brothers - Edward, Harold and Melvin (Army at Fort Lee, VA.)
Sister - Elaine
Grandmother - Mrs. Katie Molzon, Huntsburg, Ohio
Selective Service - Drafted
Entered U.S. Army November 13, 1967
