State Heroes
Vietnam Conflict
1964
Specialist 4 Virgil F. Schmidt
Vietnam Conflict
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: September 12, 1964 / Age: 21
Died while in service
1969
Sergeant Robert Eugene Schmitz
Vietnam Conflict
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 1st Battalion
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 22nd Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 4th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: September 16, 1969 / Age: 25
Killed in action in Pleiku, South Vietnam in hostile action in small arms fire.
1971
Sergeant Dennis Robert Schossow
Sheldon, ND
Vietnam Conflict
Branch of Service: Marines
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: Headquarters Battalion
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 1st Force Service Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: Force Logistics Command
Date of Loss: January 22, 1971 / Age: 21
In Quang Nam, South Vietnam
Hostile, died of wounds, Ground Casualty
Gun, small arms fire
1967
Specialist Donald G. Schrenk
Baldwin 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: 2nd Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 1st Infantry Division
Date of Loss: October 04, 1967 / Age: 24
Killed in action in Binh Dinh, South Vietnam from hostile small arms fire.
1971
Private First Class Donald Jay Schweigert
Vietnam Conflict
Branch of Service: Marines
Date of Loss: February 22, 1971 / Age: 18
Died while in service
1971
Specialist 5 Wayne E. Scott
Vietnam Conflict
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: August 03, 1971 / Age: 23
Died in service
1969
Boiler Tender FN Robert James Searle
Grand Forks
Vietnam Conflict
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: USS Frank E Evans
Date of Loss: June 03, 1969 / Age: 21
Reported Dead in South China Sea.
1968
Private First Class De Wayne Michael Selby
Bismarck, ND
Vietnam Conflict
Branch of Service: Marines
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company I
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 3rd Battalion
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 3rd Marine Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 3rd Marine Division
Date of Loss: May 26, 1968 / Age: 19
De Wayne arrived in Vietnam 26 April 1968 and was assigned to India Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division.
1968
Private First Class Thomas Alfred Senne
Valley City, ND
Vietnam Conflict
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company E
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 26, 1968 / Age: 19
Killed in action in Tay Ninh, South Vietnam through hostile action by multiple fragmentation wounds.
1969
Lance Corporal Larry Joseph Sikorski
Fairmount, ND
Vietnam Conflict
Branch of Service: Marines
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery H
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 3rd Battalion
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 12th Marine Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 3rd Marine Division
Date of Loss: February 25, 1969 / Age: 21
At approximately 0530H Fire Support Base Russell came under attack by hostile forces with mortars and rifle fire. Larry died as a result of fragmentation wounds to the chest area from mortar fire.
1967
1st Lieutenant Robert Joy Sime
Tolna, ND
Vietnam Conflict
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 5th Battalion
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 7th Cavalry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 1st Calvary Division
Date of Loss: October 23, 1967 / Age: 27
On October 23, during Operation WALLOWA the enemy were encountered some 7 kilometers east of Thang Binh in Quang Tin Province. During the ensuing fire fight 1stLt Sime was killed in action by hostile small arms fire.
1968
1968
Corporal Donald J. Sobolik
Vietnam Conflict
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery D
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 1st Battalion
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 8th Artillery Regiment
Date of Loss: February 24, 1968 / Age: 20
He died in service in Guyana.
1967
Private First Class Donald Jean Soby
Rugby, ND
Vietnam Conflict
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 1st Battalion
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 327th Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 101st Airborne Division
Date of Loss: July 07, 1967 / Age: 20
Killed in action in Quang Ngai, South Vietnam through hostile small arms fire.
1966
Lieutenant Junior Grade Thomas Edmund Spitzer
Baldwin, ND
Vietnam Conflict
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: USS Oriskany
Date of Loss: October 26, 1966 / Age: 25
At 0728 26 October fire broke out in a forward magazine and raged through 5 decks, claiming the lives of 44 sailors. Many of those killed were veteran combat pilots who, a few hours earlier, had flown on raids over Vietnam.
1971
Specialist 4 Steven Paul Stack
Vietnam Conflict
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: April 24, 1971 / Age: 18
Died in service in Cass County, ND.