State Heroes

Specialist 4 David John Latraille

Vietnam Conflict

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company E

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

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

Date of Loss: March 06, 1968 / Age: 20

Killed in action in Thua Thien, South Vietnam from hostile small arms fire.

Private First Class Larry Lyle Warbis

Haynes, ND

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:9th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: October 06, 1968 / Age: 19

He was killed while in Long An, South Vietnam by small arms fire.

Private First Class Roger Duane Alberts

Fort Totten, ND

Vietnam Conflict

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Headquarters Company

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

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

Date of Loss: February 05, 1968 / Age: 20

Killed in action in Gia Dinh, South Vietnam through hostile action by small arms fire. 

Specialist 4 George Ernest Valker III

Minot, 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:101st Airborne Division

Date of Loss: August 10, 1968 / Age: 21

Killed in action in Thua Thien, South Vietnam through hostile explosive device. 

Warrant Officer 1st Class Robert Lee Storey

Grand Forks AFB, ND

Vietnam Conflict

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 119th Aviation Company

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:52nd Aviation Battalion

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:17th Aviation Group

Date of Loss: November 21, 1968 / Age: 22

Killed in action in Kontum, South Vietnam through hostile action in a Helicopter crash on land as the pilot of the helicopter. 

Private First Class De Wayne Michael Selby

Bismarck, 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:3rd Marine Division

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

De Wayne arrived in Vietnam 26 April 1968 and was assigned to India Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division.

Sergeant Jerome William Ellenson

Walcott, ND

Vietnam Conflict

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D

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

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:21st Infantry Division

Date of Loss: January 10, 1968 / Age: 20

Killed in action in Quang Tin, South Vietnam through hostile action by multiple fragmentation wounds.

1st Lieutenant Melvin Dennis Lembke

Vietnam Conflict

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery B

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

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

Date of Loss: December 11, 1968 / Age: 24

He was killed in action in Lam Dong, South Vietnam from hostile small arms fire. 

Private First Class Dan Lee Neuenschwander

Fessenden, 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: May 15, 1968 / Age: 22

Killed in action in Thua Thien, South Vietnam through hostile artillery rocket mortar. 

Hospitalman 1st Class Leslie Louis Carter

Jamestown, ND

Vietnam Conflict

Branch of Service: Navy

Date of Loss: July 01, 1968 / Age: 24

Killed in action in Gia Dinh, South Vietnam in hostile action from artillery rocket mortar.

Airman 1st Class Walter Glen Abraham

Vietnam Conflict

Branch of Service: Air Force

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:4628 Support Squadron

Date of Loss: January 20, 1968 / Age: 24

Died in service in Tacoma, Washington

Specialist 4 Dan Leon Herdebu

Baldwin, ND

Vietnam Conflict

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: March 10, 1968 / Age: 19

Died in service in Khanh Hoa, South Vietnam through non-hostile action in a helicopter crash on land. 

Sergeant Curtis Eugene Boots

Watford City, ND

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:1st Infantry Division

Date of Loss: October 05, 1968 / Age: 26

He was killed in action in Binh Duong, South Vietnam in hostile action in a car crash. 

Major Ronald Dale Bond

Fargo, ND

Vietnam Conflict

Branch of Service: Air Force

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:604th Air Commando Squadron

Date of Loss: March 11, 1968 / Age: 37

From DPAA:

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 Elroy Eugene Beier

Langdon, ND

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:101st Airborne Division

Date of Loss: May 05, 1968 / Age: 21

Elroy died as a result of gunshot wounds to the body from hostile small arms fire.