FALLEN
Vietnam Conflict
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
1969
Private First Class Larry Sterl Poling
Fargo, 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:1st Cavalry Division (Air Mobile)
Date of Loss: October 20, 1969 / Age: 20
Killed in action in Tay Ninh, South Vietnam through hostile small arms fire.
1969
Specialist 4 Robert Clyde Hausken
Vietnam Conflict
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: January 22, 1969 / Age: 21
Died in service in Fargo, ND following an illness of several months.
1969
1st Lieutenant Roger Douglas Knudtson
Vietnam Conflict
Branch of Service: Marines
Date of Loss: February 04, 1969 / Age: 24
Roger was in a UH-34D helicopter that collided in mid-air with another UH-34D and he died as a result of multiple injuries when the UH-34D
crashed and burned.
1969
Private First Class Richard Allen Buringrud
Argusville, ND
Vietnam Conflict
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:2nd Battalion
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:1st Cavalry Division (Air Mobile)
Date of Loss: June 09, 1969 / Age: 22
In Tay Ninh, South Vietnam
Hostile, Ground Casualty
Multiple fragmentation wounds
1969
Staff Sergeant Ward Cecil Evans
Harwood, ND
Vietnam Conflict
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:1st Battalion
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:5th Infantry Division (Mechanized)
Date of Loss: February 08, 1969 / Age: 28
Military Region 1, In Quang Tri, South Vietnam
Hostile, ground casualty
Gun, small arms fire
1969
Sergeant Robert Eugene Schmitz
Vietnam Conflict
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:1st Battalion
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:4th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: September 16, 1969 / Age: 25
Killed in action in Pleiku, South Vietnam in hostile action in small arms fire.
1969
Specialist 4 Robert Leo Kraft
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:101st Airborne Division
Date of Loss: August 05, 1969 / Age: 19
Specialist 4 Kraft was killed in action by hostile small arms fire in Thua Thien, South Vietnam.
1969
Staff Sergeant Leon David Cox
Jamestown, ND
Vietnam Conflict
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:8th Battalion
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:1st Infantry Division
Date of Loss: May 17, 1969 / Age: 35
Killed in action in Binh Duong, South Vietnam in hostile action by an explosive device.
1969
Staff Sergeant James Claire Kopseng
Vietnam Conflict
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:1st Battalion
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:4th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: May 14, 1969 / Age: 21
Sergeant Kopseng was Killed in Action by a hostile explosive device in Pleiku, South Vietnam.
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.
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
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.
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.
Vietnam Conflict, World War II (WWII)
1969
Sergeant Bernard Goudreau
Vietnam Conflict, World War II (WWII)
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: July 31, 1969 / Age: 46
Died in service in Washington, D.C.