State Heroes
Vietnam
1967
Lance Corporal Stephen John Eichelberger
Fargo, ND
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Marines
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company F
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 2nd Battalion
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 26th Marines Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 3rd Marine Division
Date of Loss: May 16, 1967 / Age: 20
Killed in action in Quang Tri, South Vietnam in hostile action through small arms fire.
1966
Shipfitter 2nd Class Lowell Greemer Einarson
Bantry, ND
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Navy
Date of Loss: September 01, 1966 / Age: 28
He died in service in Phuoc Tuy, South Vietnam due to a heart attack in non-hostile action.
1968
Sergeant Jerome William Ellenson
Walcott, ND
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 3rd Battalion
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 196th Light Infantry Brigade
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 21st Infantry Division
Date of Loss: January 10, 1968 / Age: 20
Killed in action in Quang Tin, South Vietnam through hostile action by multiple fragmentation wounds.
1967
Yeoman 2nd Class Joel Arden Ellingson
Rolette, ND
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Navy
Date of Loss: June 26, 1967 / Age: 22
United States Navy Yeoman 2nd Class Ellingson was wounded in action in a car crash and died of his wounds in the Vietnam War.
1969
Corporal David Duane Elsbernd
Crosby, ND
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 2nd Battalion
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 196th Light Infantry Brigade
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 1st Infantry Division
Date of Loss: September 09, 1969 / Age: 20
Killed in action in Quang Tin, South Vietnam in Hostile action by multiple fragmentation wounds.
1970
Sergeant Norman Anthony Emineth
Baldwin, ND
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: C Company
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 2nd Battalion
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 22nd Infantry
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 25th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: May 22, 1970 / Age: 20
In Binh Duong province, Cambodia
Hostile, Ground Casualty
Multiple fragmentation wounds
1969
Specialist 4 Steve Louis Escallier
Portal, ND
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 229th Assault Helicopter Battalion
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 1st Cavalry Division (Air Mobile)
Date of Loss: October 31, 1969 / Age: 19
He died in service in Tay Ninh, South Vietnam in non-hostile action in a helicopter crash on land, he was a crew member.
1969
Specialist 4 Lawrence Robert Esser
Minot, ND
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery B
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 3rd Battalion
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 34th Artillery Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 9th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: March 12, 1969 / Age: 21
He was killed in action in Kien Hoa, South Vietnam in hostile action by artillery rocket mortar.
1967
Radarman 2nd Class Terry A. Estes
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Navy
Date of Loss: April 10, 1967 / Age: 22
Died in Service.
Overseas Theater of Service unknown
Not listed on Vietnam Veterans Memorial in DC
1972
Lieutenant Junior Grade Lauren Nels Evanger
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Navy
Date of Loss: June 28, 1972 / Age: 24
Died while in service.
1969
Staff Sergeant Ward Cecil Evans
Harwood, ND
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 1st Battalion
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 11th Infantry
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 5th Infantry Division (Mechanized)
Date of Loss: February 08, 1969 / Age: 28
Military Region 1, In Quang Tri, South Vietnam
Hostile, ground casualty
Gun, small arms fire
1968
Radioman 3rd Class Michael Arthur Evenson
Lakota, ND
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Navy
Date of Loss: March 02, 1968 / Age: 20
On March 02, 1968 SN Michael Evenson's Alpha boat A-91-7 was conducting a riverine patrol on the Can Tho River, four miles south of the city of Can Tho in Phong Dinh Province, Republic of Vietnam when the boat was swamped and sank.
1970
Specialist 5 Carrol E. Evenstad
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Army
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 78th Artillery Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 2nd Armored Division
Date of Loss: June 06, 1970 / Age: 20
He was in the U.S. Army and recently returned from a tour of Vietnam. He and others were in a canoe in Burnett, Texas and it capsized, and Carrol could not swim.
1965
Staff Sergeant Zlatko Max Fakin
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: April 01, 1965 / Age: 30
On 1 April 1965, he was one of the advisors to the 52nd Vietnamese Ranger Battalion, serving with the Biet Dong Quan (BDQ) Advisory Team TD 41, Advisory Team 99, HQ, MACV Advisors, MACV.
1969
Lance Corporal Valarian Lawrence Finley
Mandaree, ND
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Marines
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company K
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 3rd Battalion
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 5th Marine Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 1st Marine Division
Date of Loss: May 28, 1969 / Age: 22
During the month of May the Battalion was participating in combat operations in Quang Nam Province.