FALLEN

Lance Corporal Valarian Lawrence Finley

Mandaree, ND

Vietnam

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: May 28, 1969 / Age: 22

During the month of May the Battalion was participating in combat operations in Quang Nam Province.

Specialist 5 Donald Gene Vollmer

Bismarck, ND

Vietnam

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.

1st Lieutenant John Morris Joyce

Minot, ND

Vietnam

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:3rd Marine Division

Date of Loss: April 17, 1969 / Age: 24

In April the Battalion was participating in Operation OKLAHOMA HILLS under the OPCON (Operational Control) of the 7th Marines, and on April 17 Company K discovered an NVA Base Camp just north of Hill 1050 (Nui Doi Dat) in the Thuong Duc District of Qua

Lance Corporal John Michael Renner

Mandan, ND

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Marines

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company H

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

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:26th Marine Division

Date of Loss: July 28, 1969 / Age: 20

Killed in action by hostile action by an explosive device in Quang Ngai, South Vietnam. 

Specialist 4 Robert Clyde Hausken

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: January 22, 1969 / Age: 21

Died in service in Fargo, ND following an illness of several months. 

Sergeant Stanley John Ottmar

Burt, 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:1st Calvary Division

Date of Loss: April 10, 1969 / Age: 19

Killed in action in Bien Hoa, South Vietnam through hostile small arms fire. 

Specialist 4 Richard Wayne Orsund

Grafton, ND

Vietnam

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.

Civilian Steven Andrew Haukness

Vietnam

Date of Loss: January 31, 1968 / Age:

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Specialist 4 Rapheal John Frost

Hunter, 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: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.

Radioman 3rd Class Michael Arthur Evenson

Lakota, ND

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Navy

Date of Loss: March 02, 1968 / Age: 20

On March 02, 1968 SN Michael Evenson's Alpha boat A-91-7 was conducting a riverine patrol on the Can Tho River, four miles south of the city of Can Tho in Phong Dinh Province, Republic of Vietnam when the boat was swamped and sank.

Private First Class David Lynn Kirkeby

Drayton, ND

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Marines

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: H&S Company

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

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:3rd Marine Division

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

PFC Kirkeby was Killed in Action in Quang Tri, South Vietnam by hostile artillery rocket mortar. 

Specialist 4 Richard Dale Hovland

Williston, ND

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Headquarters Company

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:69th Engineer Battalion

Date of Loss: January 31, 1968 / Age: 21

On 31 January 1968, Specialist Four Richard Dale Hovland was serving with Headquarters & Headquarters Company, 69th Engineer Battalion, 34th Engineer Group, 20th Engineer Brigade, U.S.

Major Ronald Dale Bond

Fargo, ND

Vietnam

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:

Corporal Gregory Howard Lunde

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Marines

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: H&S Company

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

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

Date of Loss: February 06, 1968 / Age: 21

On 6 February 1968, Corporal Gregory Howard Lunde was serving with 1st Tank Battalion, 1st Marine Division, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam. On that day, Cpl Lunde was killed in action when he sustained wounds from small arms fire.

Sergeant Elroy Eugene Beier

Langdon, 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: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.