State Heroes Total:
3942
Service Branch

Vietnam Conflict

Ronald Patrick McNeill photo 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.

Alan Gerald Nelson photo 1970

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. 

William Kristjanson photo 1970

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

Joseph William Crary photo 1970

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

Vern R. Mattingley photo 1970

Seaman Vern R. Mattingley

Vietnam Conflict

Branch of Service: Navy

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

He died in service. 

Bruce Lloyd Wold photo 1970

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.

Russell Gregory  Blair  photo 1970

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. 

William E. Howe Jr. photo 1969

Chief Electronics Technician William E. Howe Jr.

Vietnam Conflict

Branch of Service: Navy

Date of Loss: June 02, 1969 / Age: 29

Died while in service 

Danny Leroy Hanson photo 1969

Specialist 4 Danny Leroy Hanson

Stirum, ND

Vietnam Conflict

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A

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

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

Date of Loss: March 08, 1969 / Age: 22

Killed in action in Long An, South Vietnam through hostile action. 

Peter Binstock Jr photo 1969

Corporal Peter Binstock Jr

New England, ND

Vietnam Conflict

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Troop A

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

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:Americal Division

Date of Loss: January 03, 1969 / Age: 21

Died in service in Quang Nam, South Vietnam in non-hostile action when a strap broke on a water trailer that was being lifted and hit him.

Randy Lee Hansen photo 1969

Specialist 4 Randy Lee Hansen

Williston, ND

Vietnam Conflict

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 596th Signal Company

Date of Loss: April 06, 1969 / Age: 20

He died in service in Thua Thien, South Vietnam through non-hostile action in a car crash. 

Ernest E Bartolina Jr. photo 1969

Captain Ernest E Bartolina Jr.

Bismarck, ND

Vietnam Conflict

Branch of Service: Marines

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:III Marine Amphibious Force

Date of Loss: February 07, 1969 / Age: 26

In Quang Nam, South Vietnam
Hostile, Helicopter - Pilot
Air loss, Crash on land

David Arlen Waldera photo 1969

Captain David Arlen Waldera

Fargo, ND

Vietnam Conflict

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:Army Spt Command Saigon

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:1st Logistics Command

Date of Loss: April 02, 1969 / Age: 24

Captain Waldera died Apr 2, 1969 at the age of 24 from wounds he sustained at Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam.

Lawrence Robert Esser photo 1969

Specialist 4 Lawrence Robert Esser

Minot, ND

Vietnam Conflict

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery B

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

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

Date of Loss: March 12, 1969 / Age: 21

He was killed in action in Kien Hoa, South Vietnam in hostile action by artillery rocket mortar. 

Jon Paris Robbins photo 1969

Specialist 5 Jon Paris Robbins

Dickinson, ND

Vietnam Conflict

Branch of Service: Army

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:1st Logistical Command

Date of Loss: February 23, 1969 / Age: 21

Killed in action by hostile small arms fire in Bien Hoa, South Vietnam.