FALLEN
Vietnam Conflict
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 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
Corporal Dennis James Manson
Belcourt, 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 06, 1969 / Age: 18
Killed in action in Tay Ninh, South Vietnam from hostile multiple fragmentation wounds.
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 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 David Ira Styles
Langdon, ND
Vietnam Conflict
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: HHC
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:3rd Battalion
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:1st Infantry Division
Date of Loss: March 29, 1969 / Age: 20
MOS 91B20 (Medical NCO)
Ground casualty died outright on 3/29/1969 by Hostile gun/small arms fire in the Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam.
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
Lance Corporal Mark Daniel Mangin
Verona, ND
Vietnam Conflict
Branch of Service: Marines
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company L
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:3rd Battalion
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:3rd Marine Division
Date of Loss: October 01, 1969 / Age: 20
Killed in action in Quang Nam, South Vietnam from a hostile explosive device.
1969
Boatswain's Mate Third Class Patrick G. Glennon
Vietnam Conflict
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: USS Frank E Evans
Date of Loss: June 03, 1969 / Age: 23
Reported Dead in South China Sea.