State Heroes
Vietnam
1967
1st Lieutenant Robert Joy Sime
Tolna, ND
Vietnam
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
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
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
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
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: April 24, 1971 / Age: 18
Died in service in Cass County, ND.
1966
Major Eugene Raleigh Starke
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Air Force
Date of Loss: June 27, 1966 / Age: 37
Maj. Eugene Starke was the victim of a boating accident at Little Rock, Ark.
1966
Major Martin William Steen
Grand Forks, ND
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Air Force
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 469th Tactical Fighter Squadron
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 388th Tactical Fighter Wing
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 7th Air Force
Date of Loss: May 31, 1966 / Age: 37
In , NORTH VIETNAM
Hostile, died while missing, FIXED WING - PILOT
AIR LOSS, CRASH ON LAND
From DPAA:
1967
Private First Class Ronald Gilbert Stoltenow
Hankinson, ND
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 1st Battalion
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 26th Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 1st Infantry Division
Date of Loss: November 07, 1967 / Age: 20
PFC Stoltenow's fatality was during Operation Shenandoah II, a fierce firefight that cost the lives of 18 US Army soldiers.
1968
Warrant Officer 1st Class Robert Lee Storey
Grand Forks AFB, ND
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 119th Aviation Company
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 52nd Aviation Battalion
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 1st Aviation Brigade
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 17th Aviation Group
Date of Loss: November 21, 1968 / Age: 22
Killed in action in Kontum, South Vietnam through hostile action in a Helicopter crash on land as the pilot of the helicopter.
1967
Specialist 4 Ervind Carl Strandberg
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C
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: January 03, 1967 / Age: 29
Killed in action in Binh Duong, South Vietnam through hostile fragmentation wounds.
1969
Specialist David Ira Styles
Langdon, ND
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: HHC
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 3rd Battalion
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 11th Infantry Brigade
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 1st Infantry Division
Date of Loss: March 29, 1969 / Age: 20
MOS 91B20 (Medical NCO)
Ground casualty died outright on 3/29/1969 by Hostile gun/small arms fire in the Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam.
1967
Private Richard Lyn Sullivan
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: July 25, 1967 / Age: 20
Died while in service in Velva, ND.
1970
Private First Class Brent William Sveen
Fargo, ND
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Troop E
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 173rd Airborne Brigade
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 17th Cavalry
Date of Loss: September 07, 1970 / Age: 18
Killed in action in Binh Dinh, South Vietnam through hostile small arms fire.
1971
Sergeant Roger Lee Svir
Park River, ND
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 1099th Transportation Company
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 159th Transportation Battalion
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 4th Transportation Command
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 1st Logistical Command
Date of Loss: September 26, 1971 / Age: 20
Military Region 4 in Phong Dinh, South Vietnam
Non-hostile, Ground Casualty
Other Accident