State Heroes
Vietnam Conflict
1971
Seaman John W. Tidball
Vietnam Conflict
Branch of Service: Navy
Date of Loss: July 25, 1971 / Age: 22
Died while in service
1971
Specialist 4th Class Pius Leo Miller
Fargo, ND
Vietnam Conflict
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: D Troop
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:1st Squadron
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:1st Cavalry Division
Date of Loss: April 11, 1971 / Age: 20
In Quang Tin, South Vietnam
Hostile, Ground Casualty
Gun, Small arms fire
1971
Colonel Robert Leonard Jondahl
Vietnam Conflict
Branch of Service: Air Force
Date of Loss: June 10, 1971 / Age: 41
Died in service in Las Vegas, Nevada
1971
Specialist 5 Wayne E. Scott
Vietnam Conflict
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: August 03, 1971 / Age: 23
Died in service
1971
Sergeant First Class Vern M. Hostbjor
Vietnam Conflict
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: February 15, 1971 / Age: 50
Died in service in Whittier, California
1971
Sergeant Roger Lee Svir
Park River, ND
Vietnam Conflict
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 1099th Transportation Company
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:159th Transportation Battalion
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
1971
Technical Sergeant Dennis George Heiden
Vietnam Conflict
Branch of Service: Air Force
Date of Loss: May 23, 1971 / Age: 38
Died in service in Spangdahlem, Germany
1971
Specialist 4th Class Dennis Lee Meduna
Dickinson, ND
Vietnam Conflict
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 128th Aviation Company
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:11th Aviation Battalion
Date of Loss: June 01, 1971 / Age: 20
In Tay Ninh, South Vietnam
Non-hostile, Helicopter - Crew
Air Loss, Crash on Land
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.
1971
Private First Class Mark M. Prondzinski
Vietnam Conflict
Branch of Service: Marines
Date of Loss: December 22, 1971 / Age: 17
Died in service
1971
Specialist 4 Loren Dallas Lebeau
Vietnam Conflict
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Troop A
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:1st Squadron
Date of Loss: February 01, 1971 / Age: 20
On May 16, 1971, a New York Times article described heroin use by American troops in Vietnam had reached epidemic proportions.
1971
Chaplain - Captain Merle Dewayne Brown
Vietnam Conflict
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Brigade Headquarters Company
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:Americal Division
Date of Loss: April 11, 1971 / Age: 32
CPT Brown was and ARMY Chaplain assigned to BDE HHC, 198th Infantry Brigade, Americal Division when he and 10 other servicemen was killed while a passenger on a military aircraft on the military mission "Operation Finney Hill" when the aircraft was fir
1971
Sergeant Dennis Robert Schossow
Sheldon, ND
Vietnam Conflict
Branch of Service: Marines
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:Headquarters Battalion
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
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
Sergeant Myron Blaine Johnson
Mandaree , ND
Vietnam Conflict
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: C Company
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:1st Battalion
Date of Loss: March 28, 1971 / Age: 22
In Quang Tin, South Vietnam
Hostile, Ground Casualty
Misadventure
1971
Specialist 4 Douglas Jack Pierce
Fargo, ND
Vietnam Conflict
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: G Troop
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:7th Squadron
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:1st Cavalry Division
Date of Loss: November 26, 1971 / Age: 19
In Vinh Long, South Vietnam
Non-hostile, ground casualty