State Heroes
Vietnam Conflict
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
1971
Communications Technician Collection Petty Officer 2nd Class John A. Kuntz
Vietnam Conflict
Branch of Service: Navy
Date of Loss: June 04, 1971 / Age: 25
Died in service in Ryukyu Islands.
1971
Seaman John W. Tidball
Vietnam Conflict
Branch of Service: Navy
Date of Loss: July 25, 1971 / Age: 22
Died while 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
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
Staff Sergeant Deland Dwight Zubke
Grassy Butte, ND
Vietnam Conflict
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: B Battery
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:7th Battalion
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:7th Cavalry Division
Date of Loss: March 01, 1971 / Age: 26
In Kontum, South Vietnam
Hostile, died while missing, Ground Casualty
Declared deceased Oct 5, 1978
From DPAA:
1971
Captain Edward Alec Werman
Hensel, ND
Vietnam Conflict
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Headquarters
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:Advisory Team 87
Date of Loss: June 01, 1971 / Age: 33
Military Region 3 in Tay Ninh, South Vietnam
Non-hostile, Helicopter-Non crew
Air Loss, Crash on Land
1971
Private First Class Randolph Lee Marthe
Esmond, ND
Vietnam Conflict
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Headquarters and Headquarters Battery
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:1st Battalion
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:1st Field Force
Date of Loss: March 31, 1971 / Age: 20
In Kontum, South Vietnam
Hostile, died while missing, Ground Casualty
Misadventure
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 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
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
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