FALLEN

Private First Class Dale Harlan Amundson

Finley, ND

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D

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

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

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

He died while in service at a rest and rehabilitation area at Chu Laf when he drowned there. 

Sergeant Gary A. Gessner

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: June 24, 1968 / Age: 22

Died in service in Fort Collin, Colorado. 

Corporal Richard James Gaffaney Jr

Fargo, ND

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Marines

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company E

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

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

Date of Loss: July 13, 1968 / Age: 19

During Operation EAGER YANKEE the Marines were conducting a sweep in Phu Vang District when a Marine tripped an AP (Anti-Personnel) device west of the Thon Ba Lang village complex wounding three men.

Specialist 4 John Robert Tague

Burlington, ND

Vietnam

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. 

Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Kurt William Duncan

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Navy

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Headquarters Company

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:9th Engineer Battalion

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

Date of Loss: September 19, 1968 / Age: 21

HM3 Duncan was killed in action when he sustained wounds from an explosive device.

Specialist 4 Douglas Clemens Klose

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:1st Infantry Division

Date of Loss: October 27, 1968 / Age: 21

Specialist Four Klose was Killed in Action by a hostile explosive device in Tay Ninh, South Vietnam.

Sergeant 1st Class Paul Frederick Charnetzki

Valley City, ND

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: MACV Advisors

Date of Loss: February 07, 1968 / Age: 31

Paul was killed when the Vietnamese unit he was advising was ambushed. He was shot while assisting his unit members into the evacuation helicopter.

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.

1st Lt. Rodger Ray Hertel

Portal, ND

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C

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

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

Date of Loss: February 26, 1968 / Age: 25

Killed in action in Binh Duong, South Vietnam through hostile small arms fire. 

Private First Class Richard Lee Borgman

Minot, ND

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B

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

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

Date of Loss: March 03, 1968 / Age: 21

On March 1, 1968, 1st Battalion, 502nd Airborne Infantry, 101st Airborne Division, began combat operations in Quang Tri district near the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), initiating patrols from Fire Support Base (FSB) Nora and An Lo Bridge while remaining el

Private First Class Raymond Eugene Kramer

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Troop C

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

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

Date of Loss: February 02, 1968 / Age: 21

On 02-01-1968 at 4:30am, elements of the Viet Cong Army attacked Province Headquarters and the Engineer School at Phú Cường. The enemy quickly penetrated the Engineer School compound and seized control of the northern portion.

Captain Thomas Earl Alderson

Grand Forks, ND

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 932nd Medical Detachment

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:56th Medical Battalion

Date of Loss: October 03, 1968 / Age: 26

In Thua Thien, South Vietnam
Non-hostile, helicopter - non crew
Aircraft loss/crash not at sea

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.

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

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.