State Heroes Total:
3940
Service Branch

Vietnam

Roger Duane Alberts photo 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. 

James Allan Osterloth photo 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. 

Michael Franc Hendrickson photo 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.

Jerome William Ellenson photo 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.

William Tod Potter photo 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

Melivin Lembke photo 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. 

Leslie Louis Carter photo 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.

Richard James Olson photo 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. 

Walter Glen Abraham photo 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

Dan Leon Herdebu photo 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. 

Ronald Dale Bond photo 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

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Gregory Howard Lunde photo 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.

Elroy Eugene Beier photo 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.

Michael Frederick Meyhoff photo 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.

Steven Haukness photo 1968

Civilian Steven Andrew Haukness

Vietnam

Date of Loss: January 31, 1968 / Age:

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