State Heroes

Specialist 4 Rapheal John Frost

Hunter, 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:31st Infantry Division

Date of Loss: December 20, 1968 / Age: 20

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

First Lieutenant Michael Franc Hendrickson

Vietnam Conflict

Branch of Service: Marines

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Headquarters

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:1st Marine Division

Date of Loss: July 25, 1968 / Age: 25

Lieutenant Hendrickson was an infantry officer assigned to Headquarters, 1st Marine Division. He was serving as an observer in an OV-10A Bronco flown by Captain Alfred L. Tripp of VMO-2.

Private First Class Ralph Charles McCowan

Trenton, ND

Vietnam Conflict

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery C

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:2nd Battalion

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:1st Field Force

Date of Loss: April 03, 1968 / Age: 19

Killed in action in Binh Dinh, South Vietnam from hostile multiple fragmentation wounds. 

Sergeant Richard Frank Triske

Grand Forks, ND

Vietnam Conflict

Branch of Service: Marines

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company I

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

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:1st Marine Division

Date of Loss: June 02, 1968 / Age: 19

Walking towards their destination north of Da Hoa hamlet in Dien Ban District Sgt Triske, the squad leader stepped on a buried pressure switch that detonated a 20 lb. enemy box mine that was planted beside the road.

Sergeant Gene Edward Honcharoff

Max, ND

Vietnam Conflict

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A

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

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:1st Infantry Division

Date of Loss: May 26, 1968 / Age: 21

Killed in action in Bien Hoa, South Vietnam through hostile action from an explosive device. 

Gunner's Mate 3rd Class Gerald D. Haberman

Vietnam Conflict

Branch of Service: Navy

Date of Loss: May 09, 1968 / Age: 26

Died while in service

1st Lieutenant David Jon Nesset

Fargo, 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 Calvary Division

Date of Loss: April 19, 1968 / Age: 26

On April 19, 1968, an aircraft from B Company, 229th Assault Helicopter Battalion, 1st Air Cavalry Division, was the lead ship on a combat assault into A Shau Valley.

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. 

Private First Class Ronald Christy Goodiron

Shields, 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: February 28, 1968 / Age: 20

On February 26 the Battalion began participating on Phase I of Operation HOUSTON, a search and clear mission south of the Phu Bai Combat Base along Highway I in Thua Thien Province.

Civilian James Edward Simpson

Vietnam Conflict

Date of Loss: November 05, 1968 / Age:

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Corporal Norbert Louis Froehlich

Belfield, ND

Vietnam Conflict

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:4th Battalion

Date of Loss: January 30, 1968 / Age: 20

He was killed in action in Phu Yen, South Vietnam in hostile action through small arms fire. 

Master Sergeant Patrick Joseph McCabe

Bismarck, ND

Vietnam Conflict

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: May 06, 1968 / Age: 43

Died in service in Phuoc Tuy, South Vietnam in a non-hostile ground casualty.

Private First Class George Elwood Tongen

Walhalla, ND

Vietnam Conflict

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:4th Battalion

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:25th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: May 21, 1968 / Age: 20

Killed in action in Hua Nghia, South Vietnam through hostile small arms fire. 

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.

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. 

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.