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1969

Private First Class Gilbert Ray Bargmann

Hannover, ND

Vietnam Conflict

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:4th Battalion

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

Date of Loss: June 19, 1969 / Age: 18

Killed in action in Tay Ninh, South Vietnam in hostile action by small arms fire.

1969

Specialist 5 Donald Gene Vollmer

Bismarck, ND

Vietnam Conflict

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 190th Aviation Company

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:145th Aviation Battalion

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:12th Aviation Group

Date of Loss: November 02, 1969 / Age: 19

SP5 Don Vollmer was the crew chief of UH-1D (#64-13573) that received hostile fire while on a reconnaissance mission out of a 5th Special Forces compound.

1969

Private First Class Gene Thomas Gietzen

Glen Ullin, ND

Vietnam Conflict

Branch of Service: Marines

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A

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

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

Date of Loss: May 21, 1969 / Age: 19

Southeast of Hill 55 near the hamlet of Chau Lau in Dien Ban District during Operation OKLAHOMA HILLS, a Marine patrol tripped a wire which was connected to a claymore type AP (anti-personnel) mine causing an explosion.

1969

Specialist 4 Allan J. Restemayer

Vietnam Conflict

Branch of Service: Army

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

Died in service

1969

Sergeant Dale George Helgeson

Vietnam Conflict

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B

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

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

Date of Loss: March 01, 1969 / Age: 24

Killed in action in Binh Long, South Vietnam through hostile action by small arms fire.

1969

Specialist 4 Steve Louis Escallier

Portal, ND

Vietnam Conflict

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:229th Assault Helicopter Battalion

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:1st Cavalry Division (Air Mobile)

Date of Loss: October 31, 1969 / Age: 19

He died in service in Tay Ninh, South Vietnam in non-hostile action in a helicopter crash on land, he was a crew member.

1969

Warrant Officer 1st Class Roy Stephen Thomas

Vietnam Conflict

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:25th Aviation Battalion

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

Date of Loss: May 10, 1969 / Age: 22

Roy was killed when his helicopter crashed in Vietnam.

1969

Captain John Edward Kelly Jr

Bismarck, ND

Vietnam Conflict

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D

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

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:101st Airborne Division

Date of Loss: July 25, 1969 / Age: 25

Captain Kelly was Killed in Action and a ground casualty in Thua Thien, South Vietnam from hostile multiple fragmentation wounds.

1969

Private First Class David James Corcoran

Grand Forks, 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:101st Airborne Division

Date of Loss: June 25, 1969 / Age: 18

Died in service in Thua Thien, South Vietnam in non-hostile action through an accidental homicide.

1969

Specialist 4 Class Marvin Clarence Briss

Binford, ND

Vietnam Conflict

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company E

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:5th Battalion

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:9th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: May 28, 1969 / Age: 20

In Long An, South Vietnam
Hostile, Ground casualty
Gun, small arms fire

1969

Specialist 4 Wesley Erwin Mueller

Jamestown, ND

Vietnam Conflict

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Headquarters Company

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

Date of Loss: July 25, 1969 / Age: 18

Killed in action in Binh Dinh, South Vietnam in hostile action.

1969

Specialist 4 David Peter Haegele

Napoleon, 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: February 08, 1969 / Age: 20

On February 08, 1969, the Recon Platoon conducted a RIF southwest of Trung Lap in the area of XT 5619. Companies A and B were conducting a RIF 2 kilometers east of Trung Lap in the area of XT 6222. Scattered contact started at around 1200 hours.