State Heroes Total:
3933
Service Branch

Vietnam

Dennis Robert Schossow photo 1971

Sergeant Dennis Robert Schossow

Sheldon, ND

Vietnam

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

Robert Leonard Jondahl photo 1971

Colonel Robert Leonard Jondahl

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Air Force

Date of Loss: June 10, 1971 / Age: 41

Died in service in Las Vegas, Nevada

Wayne E. Scott photo 1971

Specialist 5 Wayne E. Scott

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: August 03, 1971 / Age: 23

Died in service 

Douglas Jack Pierce photo 1971

Specialist 4 Douglas Jack Pierce

Fargo, ND

Vietnam

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
 

Vern M.  Hostbjor photo 1971

Sergeant First Class Vern M. Hostbjor

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: February 15, 1971 / Age: 50

Died in service in Whittier, California 

Deland Dwight Zubke photo 1971

Staff Sergeant Deland Dwight Zubke

Grassy Butte, ND

Vietnam

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:

Edward Alec Werman photo 1971

Captain Edward Alec Werman

Hensel, ND

Vietnam

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

Loren Dallas Lebeau photo 1971

Specialist 4 Loren Dallas Lebeau

Vietnam

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.

Steven Paul Stack photo 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. 

Randolph Lee Marthe photo 1971

Private First Class Randolph Lee Marthe

Esmond, ND

Vietnam

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

Mark M. Prondzinski photo 1971

Private First Class Mark M. Prondzinski

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Marines

Date of Loss: December 22, 1971 / Age: 17

Died in service 

Dennis George  Heiden photo 1971

Technical Sergeant Dennis George Heiden

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Air Force

Date of Loss: May 23, 1971 / Age: 38

Died in service in Spangdahlem, Germany 

Carrol E. Evenstad photo 1970

Specialist 5 Carrol E. Evenstad

Vietnam

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.

David Larson photo 1970

Corporal David Allen Larson

Vietnam

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

Alan Gerald Nelson photo 1970

Specialist 4 Alan Gerald Nelson

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Army

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

He died in service in Okinawa.