State Heroes
Vietnam Conflict
1968
Private First Class Lynn Hartley Myrvik
Vietnam Conflict
Branch of Service: Marines
Date of Loss: January 01, 1968 / Age: 21
Died in service in Key West, Florida.
1968
First Lieutenant Durwood Wayne Verrett
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:20th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: May 09, 1968 / Age: 24
Killed in action in Quang Nam, South Vietnam through hostile action by small arms fire.
1968
Private First Class Gary Fredrick Myers
Fort Yates, ND
Vietnam Conflict
Branch of Service: Marines
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company E
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:3rd Recon Battalion
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:3rd Marine Division
Date of Loss: May 13, 1968 / Age: 20
Killed in action in Quang Tri, South Vietnam through hostile small arms fire.
1968
Warrant Officer James Kenneth McAleer III
Vietnam Conflict
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 147th Aviation Company
Date of Loss: August 22, 1968 / Age: 22
Warrant Officer James Kenneth McAleer III, 22, son of James K. Jr. and Audrey McAleer of Steele, North Dakota, died recently when his helicopter crashed and burned in South Vietnam.
1968
Sergeant John Charles Tingley
Kathyrn, ND
Vietnam Conflict
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 128th Assault Helicopter Company
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:11th Aviation Battalion
Date of Loss: January 10, 1968 / Age: 21
On 10 Jan 1968 a UH-1B (tail number 64-14011) from the 128th Assault Helicopter Company went down about 14 kilometers northeast of Trang Bang after being hit by small arms fire. The gunner, SP4 Stephen M.
1968
Captain Gary Dan Lokken
Vietnam Conflict
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Headquarters Company
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:14th Engineer Battalion
Date of Loss: April 10, 1968 / Age: 26
Killed in action in Thua Thien, South Vietnam through a hostile explosive device.
1968
Specialist 4 Richard Wayne Orsund
Grafton, ND
Vietnam Conflict
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Troop F
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:2nd Squadron
Date of Loss: March 27, 1968 / Age: 20
Richard Wayne Orsund died in Binh Duong, South Vietnam from metal fragment wound received while going on night defense perimeter when engaged hostile force.
1968
Specialist 5 Deane Errol Chisholm
Vietnam Conflict
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: December 29, 1968 / Age: 21
On the night of Dec 28, 1968, after a card game, Deane and three other friends, Snowden, Ambroziak and Morris decided to visit a bar in Padova, Italy. On the way back their vehicle struck a tree and all were killed.
1968
Private Gary John Hoffert
Vietnam Conflict
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:82nd Airborne Division
Date of Loss: September 30, 1968 / Age: 20
Died in service in Fort Bragg, North Carolina
1968
Seaman Mitchel Carey Hansey
Scranton, ND
Vietnam Conflict
Branch of Service: Navy
Date of Loss: December 14, 1968 / Age: 21
Died in service in Dinh Tuong, South Vietnam when he drowned while missing.
1968
Major Thomas John Beyer
Fargo, ND
Vietnam Conflict
Branch of Service: Air Force
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:20th Tactical Air Support Squadron
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:7th Air Force
Date of Loss: July 30, 1968 / Age: 27
In QUANG TIN, SOUTH VIETNAM Hostile, died while missing, FIXED WING - PILOT AIR LOSS, CRASH ON LAND. Listed as deceased 05/02/1978.
1968
Specialist 4 Charles Donald Wendt
Dickinson, ND
Vietnam Conflict
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:4th Medical Battalion
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:4th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: June 05, 1968 / Age: 21
He died in Pleiku, Vietnam June 5 after being injured in a military convoy there May 29 when a truck overturned.
1968
Specialist 4 John Robert Tague
Burlington, ND
Vietnam Conflict
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:121st Signal Battalion
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:1st Infantry Division
Date of Loss: June 16, 1968 / Age: 22
Died in service in Binh Duong, South Vietnam through non-hostile action due to burns.
1968
Specialist 4 William F. West III
Vietnam Conflict
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery D
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:4th Battalion
Date of Loss: August 21, 1968 / Age: 20
Died while in service in Washington, D.C.
1968
Lance Corporal Douglas Milton Kelly
Dickinson, 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:1st Marine Division
Date of Loss: July 28, 1968 / Age: 21
On the morning of 28 July Company K moved out from the village complex of Da Hoa in an area known to the Marines as "DODGE CITY' towards the east, the third platoon began to receive some harassing rifle fire which ceased abruptly.
1968
Captain William Tod Potter
Grand Forks, ND
Vietnam Conflict
Branch of Service: Air Force
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:14 Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:7th Air Force
Date of Loss: February 05, 1968 / Age: 32
Hostile, Khammouan Province, Laos, died while missing, FIXED WING - CREW
AIR LOSS, CRASH ON LAND