State Heroes

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. 

Private Gary John Hoffert

Vietnam Conflict

Branch of Service: Army

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:82nd Airborne Division

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

Died in service in Fort Bragg, North Carolina

Seaman Mitchel Carey Hansey

Scranton, ND

Vietnam Conflict

Branch of Service: Navy

Date of Loss: December 14, 1968 / Age: 21

Died in service in Dinh Tuong, South Vietnam when he drowned while missing. 

Major Thomas John Beyer

Fargo, ND

Vietnam Conflict

Branch of Service: Air Force

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:20th Tactical Air Support Squadron

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:7th Air Force

Date of Loss: July 30, 1968 / Age: 27

In QUANG TIN, SOUTH VIETNAM Hostile, died while missing, FIXED WING - PILOT AIR LOSS, CRASH ON LAND. Listed as deceased 05/02/1978.

Specialist 4 Charles Donald Wendt

Dickinson, ND

Vietnam Conflict

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D

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

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:4th Infantry Division

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

He died in Pleiku, Vietnam June 5 after being injured in a military convoy there May 29 when a truck overturned.

Specialist 4 John Robert Tague

Burlington, ND

Vietnam Conflict

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:121st Signal Battalion

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

Date of Loss: June 16, 1968 / Age: 22

Died in service in Binh Duong, South Vietnam through non-hostile action due to burns. 

Captain Gary Dan Lokken

Vietnam Conflict

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Headquarters Company

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:14th Engineer Battalion

Date of Loss: April 10, 1968 / Age: 26

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

Private First Class Richard James Olson

Grand Forks, ND

Vietnam Conflict

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. 

Captain Robert John Himler

Williston, ND

Vietnam Conflict

Branch of Service: Marines

Date of Loss: August 24, 1968 / Age: 25

During Operation MAMELUKE THRUST, a helicopter on resupply mission to ground troops in the vicinity of Le Nam (3) in the Duy Xuyen District of Quang Nam Province crashed and was consumed by fire.

Warrant Officer 1st Class John William Brinkmeyer

New England, ND

Vietnam Conflict

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Headquarters Battery

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

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

Date of Loss: November 27, 1968 / Age: 22

John Brinkmeyer was killed when the Huey helicopter he was piloting was shot down during an ARA mission near FB Tomahawk by extremely heavy small arms fire during an attack on an enemy position North of Da Nang.

Private First Class William Paul Backer

Mandan, ND

Vietnam Conflict

Branch of Service: Marines

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company F

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

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

Date of Loss: January 12, 1968 / Age: 18

He died of wounds in Quang Tri, South Vietnam in hostile action. 

Specialist 4 William F. West III

Vietnam Conflict

Branch of Service: Navy

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery D

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

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

Died while in service in Washington, D.C.

Lance Corporal Douglas Milton Kelly

Dickinson, 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: July 28, 1968 / Age: 21

On the morning of 28 July Company K moved out from the village complex of Da Hoa in an area known to the Marines as "DODGE CITY' towards the east, the third platoon began to receive some harassing rifle fire which ceased abruptly.

Captain William Tod Potter

Grand Forks, ND

Vietnam Conflict

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

Sergeant Gerald Dean Klein

Vietnam Conflict

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D

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

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

Date of Loss: May 04, 1968 / Age: 22

Sergeant Klein was killed in action in Bien Hoa, South Vietnam from hostile multiple fragmentation wounds. 

Private First Class Fred Walter Jansonius

Jamestown, 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: February 02, 1968 / Age: 19