FALLEN

Specialist 4 Merlin James Laber

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C

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

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:46th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: May 14, 1969 / Age: 21

Killed in action through hostile small arms fire in Quang Tin, South Vietnam. 

Specialist 4 Class Marvin Clarence Briss

Binford, ND

Vietnam

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

Private First Class Gilbert Ray Bargmann

Hannover, ND

Vietnam

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.

Private First Class Gene Thomas Gietzen

Glen Ullin, ND

Vietnam

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.

Specialist 4 Allan J. Restemayer

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Army

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

Died in service

Specialist 4 Steve Louis Escallier

Portal, ND

Vietnam

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. 

Captain John Edward Kelly Jr

Bismarck, ND

Vietnam

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.

Private First Class David James Corcoran

Grand Forks, ND

Vietnam

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. 

Boatswain's Mate Third Class Patrick G. Glennon

Vietnam

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.

Specialist 4 David Peter Haegele

Napoleon, ND

Vietnam

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.

Captain David Arlen Waldera

Fargo, ND

Vietnam

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.

Sergeant Roger Earl Foreman

New Town, ND

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B

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

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

Date of Loss: July 18, 1969 / Age: 21

He was Killed in action in Binh Thuy, South Vietnam in hostile action by multiple fragmentation wounds.

Specialist David Ira Styles

Langdon, ND

Vietnam

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.

Specialist 5 Gerald Anthony Decker

Sentinel Butte, ND

Vietnam

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:25th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: April 10, 1969 / Age: 20

On April 10, 1969, at 0240 hours, a Spooky Gunship was operating near the Company B night perimeter. At 0428 hours, Company B reported that they had one Bobcat killed and two wounded from stray rounds from the Spooky Gunship and needed a Dust-off.

Sergeant Robert Eugene Schmitz

Martin, ND

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

In PLEIKU, SOUTH VIETNAM
HOSTILE, GROUND CASUALTY
GUN, SMALL ARMS FIRE