 Molnár joined the Army from Fresno, California in 1962, and by May 20, 1967 was serving as a Staff Sergeant in Company B, 1st Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division.During an enemy assault on that day, in Kontum Province, Republic of Vietnam, Molnár organized his squad's defense and, when a grenade landed among them, smothered the blast with his body at the expense of his life.Molnár, aged 24 at his death, was buried in Highland Memory Gardens, Godby Heights, West Virginia.