State Heroes
Vietnam Conflict
1970
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
1970
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
1970
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
1970
Seaman Vance Lee Larrabee
Vietnam Conflict
Branch of Service: Navy
Date of Loss: August 29, 1970 / Age: 20
Killed in action in Vietnam
1970
Sergeant Norman Anthony Emineth
Baldwin, ND
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:25th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: May 22, 1970 / Age: 20
In Binh Duong province, Cambodia
Hostile, Ground Casualty
Multiple fragmentation wounds
1970
Master Sergeant Paul Fowler
Vietnam Conflict
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: February 14, 1970 / Age: 42
Died in service in Sedalia, Missouri
1970
Specialist Fourth Class Lyle Maynard Johannes
Kulm, ND
Vietnam Conflict
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Military Assistance Command, Vietnam, Advance Team 36
Date of Loss: January 29, 1970 / Age: 20
Military Region 2 in Pleiku, South Vietnam
Non-Hostile, died of illness/injury, Ground casualty
Accidental homicide
1970
Sergeant Carl Stephen Berger Jr
Mandan, ND
Vietnam Conflict
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:1st Battalion
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:5th Infantry Division (Mechanized)
Date of Loss: April 03, 1970 / Age: 21
In QUANG TRI, SOUTH VIETNAM
HOSTILE, GROUND CASUALTY
MULTIPLE FRAGMENTATION WOUNDS
1970
Petty Officer Third Class Glenn Ervin Maier
Vietnam Conflict
Branch of Service: Navy
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:River Assault Flotilla One YRBM-17
Date of Loss: July 11, 1970 / Age: 20
Military Region 4 in Kien Hoa, South Vietnam
Non-Hostile, died missing, Ground casualty
Drowned, suffocated
1970
Specialist 4 Blythe Noel Van DeVenter
Grand Forks, ND
Vietnam Conflict
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 5th Public Information Detachment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:1st Field Force
Date of Loss: April 01, 1970 / Age: 23
Died in service in Khanh Hoa, South Vietnam through non-hostile action.
1970
Private First Class Brent William Sveen
Fargo, ND
Vietnam Conflict
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Troop E
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.
1970
Sergeant First Class John Charles Lundin
Vietnam Conflict
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: MACV Advisors
Date of Loss: April 25, 1970 / Age: 38
Military Region 3 in Binh Doug, South Vietnam
Hostile, Ground casualty
Gun, small arms fire
1970
Specialist 4 Wayne Milton Wahl
Vietnam Conflict
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Headquarters Company
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:9th Engineer Battalion
Date of Loss: June 28, 1970 / Age: 20
Died while in service in Garrison, ND.
1970
Specialist 5th Class Larry Bruce Jacobson
Norma, ND
Vietnam Conflict
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 162nd Aviation Company
Date of Loss: August 26, 1970 / Age: 21
In Ba Xugen, South Vietnam
Hostile, Helicopter - Crew
Air Loss, Crash on Land
1970
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.
1969
1st Lieutenant John Morris Joyce
Minot, ND
Vietnam Conflict
Branch of Service: Marines
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company K
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:3rd Battalion
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:3rd Marine Division
Date of Loss: April 17, 1969 / Age: 24
In April the Battalion was participating in Operation OKLAHOMA HILLS under the OPCON (Operational Control) of the 7th Marines, and on April 17 Company K discovered an NVA Base Camp just north of Hill 1050 (Nui Doi Dat) in the Thuong Duc District of Qua