Vietnam
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Fallen
Fallen
Grafton, ND
County:
Walsh
Date of Loss:
Branch of Service:
Army
Rank:
Specialist 4
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
Troop F
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:
2nd Squadron
Regiment / Group / Brigade:
11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
Listed on/in the:
Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall, Washington D.C.
Circumstances:
Richard Wayne Orsund died in Binh Duong, South Vietnam from metal fragment wound received while going on night defense perimeter when engaged hostile force.
Biography:
He is buried in South Trinity Lutheran Cemetery - Grafton, ND.
2025: ND Legislative Assembly through HB 1090 names Bridge on ND State Highway 18 between junction of sisty-ninth street northeast and the junction of seventieth street northeast as the "Specialist 4 Richard W. Orsund Vietnam Bridge"
