FALLEN
Vietnam
1968
Private First Class Roger Duane Alberts
Fort Totten, ND
Vietnam
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.
1968
Private First Class James Allan Osterloth
Vietnam
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:4th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: March 26, 1968 / Age: 21
Killed in action in Kontum, South Vietnam through hostile action by small arms fire.
1968
First Lieutenant Michael Franc Hendrickson
Vietnam
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.
1968
Sergeant Jerome William Ellenson
Walcott, ND
Vietnam
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.
1968
Captain William Tod Potter
Grand Forks, ND
Vietnam
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
1968
1st Lieutenant Melvin Dennis Lembke
Vietnam
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.
1968
Hospitalman 1st Class Leslie Louis Carter
Jamestown, ND
Vietnam
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.
1968
Private First Class Richard James Olson
Grand Forks, ND
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Marines
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:1st Battalion
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:3rd Marine Division
Date of Loss: April 26, 1968 / Age: 18
Killed in action in Quang Tri, South Vietnam through hostile small arms fire.
1968
Airman 1st Class Walter Glen Abraham
Vietnam
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
1968
Specialist 4 Dan Leon Herdebu
Baldwin, ND
Vietnam
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.
1968
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:
1968
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.
1968
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.
1968
Private First Class Michael Frederick Meyhoff
Center, ND
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:2nd Battalion
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:25th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: January 04, 1968 / Age: 19
Killed in action in Binh Dinh, South Vietnam through hostile action.
1968