State Heroes

Specialist 5 Carrol E. Evenstad

Vietnam Conflict

Branch of Service: Army

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:2nd Armored Division

Date of Loss: June 06, 1970 / Age: 20

He was in the U.S. Army and recently returned from a tour of Vietnam. He and others were in a canoe in Burnett, Texas and it capsized, and Carrol could not swim.

Corporal David Allen Larson

Vietnam Conflict

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: B Company

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:1st Battalion

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:4th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: February 27, 1970 / Age: 21

Military Region 2 in Binh Dinh, South Vietnam
Hostile, Ground casualty
Gun, small arms fire

Sergeant Ronald Patrick McNeill

Mott, ND

Vietnam Conflict

Branch of Service: Marines

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: H&S Company

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:1st Battalion

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:1st Marine Division

Date of Loss: August 04, 1970 / Age: 21

Sgt McNeill died at the 96th Army Evacuation Hospital in Da Nang from injuries sustained on August 3 when the vehicle in which he was a passenger was involved in an accident.

Specialist 4 Alan Gerald Nelson

Vietnam Conflict

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: August 30, 1970 / Age: 24

He died in service in Okinawa. 

Sergeant William Davis Kristjanson

Vietnam Conflict

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: C Company

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:1st Battalion

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:1st Infantry Division

Date of Loss: February 26, 1970 / Age: 26

Military Region 3 in Binh Doung, South Vietnam
Non-Hostile, died of illness/injury, Ground casualty
Vehicle crash

Private First Class Joseph William Crary

Fargo, ND

Vietnam Conflict

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Headquarters Company

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:3rd Battalion

Date of Loss: May 27, 1970 / Age: 25

Military Region 1 in Quang Tin, South Vietnam
Hostile, Ground casualty
Multiple fragmentation wounds

Specialist 4th Class Lowell George Hardmeyer

Mott, ND

Vietnam Conflict

Branch of Service: Army

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:1st Battalion

Date of Loss: June 10, 1970 / Age: 21

In QUANG TIN, SOUTH VIETNAM
HOSTILE, GROUND CASUALTY
ARTILLERY, ROCKET, or MORTAR

Sergeant Bruce Lloyd Wold

Minot, ND

Vietnam Conflict

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery A

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:2nd Battalion

Date of Loss: April 21, 1970 / Age: 23

Killed in action in Bunh Duong, South Vietnam from burns received while manning an artillery position.

Sergeant Russell Gregory Blair

Vietnam Conflict

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: July 30, 1970 / Age: 20

Died in service in Grand Forks, ND following service in Vietnam. 

Seaman Vern R. Mattingley

Vietnam Conflict

Branch of Service: Navy

Date of Loss: January 11, 1970 / Age: 19

He died in service. 

Airman 1st Class Thomas E. Schluchter

Vietnam Conflict

Branch of Service: Air Force

Date of Loss: September 03, 1970 / Age: 21

Died in service at Scott Air Force Base in Illinois. 

Sergeant David Francis Johnson

West Fargo, ND

Vietnam Conflict

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:1st Battalion

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:25th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: May 17, 1970 / Age: 19

In Cambodia
Hostile, died of wounds, Ground casualty
Artillery, rocket, or mortar

Specialist 4 Calvin Lee Johnson

Vietnam Conflict

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: C Company

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:2nd Battalion

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:1st Infantry Division

Date of Loss: January 30, 1970 / Age:

Killed in Action while fighting in Binh Long province

Sergeant Gregory Keith Krueger

Vietnam Conflict

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: E Company

Date of Loss: July 17, 1970 / Age: 21

In Binh Dinh, South Vietnam
Non-hostile, Ground Casualty
Other accident

Seaman Vance Lee Larrabee

Vietnam Conflict

Branch of Service: Navy

Date of Loss: August 29, 1970 / Age: 20

Killed in action in Vietnam

Lance Corporal Mark Daniel Mangin

Verona, ND

Vietnam Conflict

Branch of Service: Marines

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company L

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:3rd Battalion

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:3rd Marine Division

Date of Loss: October 01, 1969 / Age: 20

Killed in action in Quang Nam, South Vietnam from a hostile explosive device.