State Heroes
Vietnam Conflict
1969
Captain John Edward Kelly Jr
Bismarck, ND
Vietnam Conflict
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 2nd Battalion
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 101st Airborne Division
Date of Loss: July 25, 1969 / Age: 25
Captain Kelly was Killed in Action and a ground casualty in Thua Thien, South Vietnam from hostile multiple fragmentation wounds.
1973
Machinist's Mate Kenneth John Kelsch
Vietnam Conflict
Branch of Service: Navy
Date of Loss: May 10, 1973 / Age: 19
Died in service in a car accident in Idaho Falls, ID while stationed there.
1967
Staff Sergeant Ronald Leroy Kent
Page, ND
Vietnam Conflict
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Headquarters Company
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 1st Battalion
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 35th Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 25th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: January 20, 1967 / Age: 23
Killed in Action in Binh Dinh, South Vietnam from hostile small arms fire.
1972
1st Lieutenant Byron Kent Kulland
Vietnam Conflict
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Troop F
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 8th Cavalry Regiment, 196th Light Infantry Brigade
Date of Loss: April 02, 1972 / Age: 24
In Quang Tri, South Vietnam
Hostile, died while missing, Helicopter - Pilot Air Loss, Crash on Land
1966
Lance Corporal Michael Henry Kessel
Dickinson, ND
Vietnam Conflict
Branch of Service: Marines
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: H&S Company
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 1st Battalion
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 3rd Marine Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 3rd Marine Division
Date of Loss: September 03, 1966 / Age: 19
Lance Corporal Kessel was killed in action in Quang Nam, South Vietnam by hostile explosive device.
1973
Lance Corporal Kelly Mark Kinsella
Vietnam Conflict
Branch of Service: Marines
Date of Loss: July 18, 1973 / Age: 20
Died while in service
1968
Private First Class David Lynn Kirkeby
Drayton, ND
Vietnam Conflict
Branch of Service: Marines
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: H&S Company
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 1st Battalion
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 26th Marines Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 3rd Marine Division
Date of Loss: May 10, 1968 / Age: 20
PFC Kirkeby was Killed in Action in Quang Tri, South Vietnam by hostile artillery rocket mortar.
1965
Private First Class Terrance P. Klein
Vietnam Conflict
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 38th Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 2nd Infantry Division
Date of Loss: June 15, 1965 / Age: 23
Died while in service
1967
Private First Class Garry Dean Klein
Mott, ND
Vietnam Conflict
Branch of Service: Marines
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 1st Battalion
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 9th Marines Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 3rd Marine Division
Date of Loss: May 27, 1967 / Age: 20
PFC Klein was Killed in Action in Quang Tri, South Vietnam from hostile artillery rocket mortar.
1968
Sergeant Gerald Dean Klein
Vietnam Conflict
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 1st Battalion
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 18th Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 1st Infantry Division
Date of Loss: May 04, 1968 / Age: 22
Sergeant Klein was killed in action in Bien Hoa, South Vietnam from hostile multiple fragmentation wounds.
1967
Private First Class David Bruce Kline
Vietnam Conflict
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 1st Battalion
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 8th Calvary Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 1st Calvary Division
Date of Loss: July 02, 1967 / Age: 18
David Kline died while missing in Binh Dinh, South Vietnam.
1968
Specialist 4 Douglas Clemens Klose
Vietnam Conflict
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 2nd Battalion
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 28th Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 1st Infantry Division
Date of Loss: October 27, 1968 / Age: 21
Specialist Four Klose was Killed in Action by a hostile explosive device in Tay Ninh, South Vietnam.
1966
Specialist 4 Irvin Dale Knippelberg
Vietnam Conflict
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 4th Battalion
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 23rd Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 25th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: May 19, 1966 / Age: 27
Irvin Knippelberg was Killed in Action through hostile small arms fire in South Vietnam.
1969
Staff Sergeant James Claire Kopseng
Vietnam Conflict
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 1st Battalion
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 35th Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 4th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: May 14, 1969 / Age: 21
Sergeant Kopseng was Killed in Action by a hostile explosive device in Pleiku, South Vietnam.
1966
Lance Corporal Allan James Korom
Vietnam Conflict
Branch of Service: Marines
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Headquarters Battery
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 12th Marine Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 3rd Marine Division
Date of Loss: May 22, 1966 / Age: 19
West of Da Nang, in the Hoa Van District of Quang Nam Province a vehicle overturned resulting in the death of two Marines, one of the casualties was Lance Corporal Korom from the injuries he sustained.
1969
Specialist 4 Robert Leo Kraft
Vietnam Conflict
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 2nd Battalion
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 101st Airborne Division
Date of Loss: August 05, 1969 / Age: 19
Specialist 4 Kraft was killed in action by hostile small arms fire in Thua Thien, South Vietnam.