State Heroes

Private First Class Dale Harlan Amundson

Finley, ND

Vietnam Conflict

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. 

Corporal Donald J. Sobolik

Vietnam Conflict

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery D

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

Date of Loss: February 24, 1968 / Age: 20

He died in service in Guyana. 

Sergeant Gary A. Gessner

Vietnam Conflict

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 Conflict

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 Michael Villarreal

Vietnam Conflict

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery A

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:6th Battalion

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:11th Artillery Division

Date of Loss: November 16, 1968 / Age: 20

Killed in action in Quang Nai, South Vietnam through hostile action in small arms fire. 

Major Robert Hugh Carroll

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:1st Cavalry Division

Date of Loss: May 12, 1968 / Age: 30

Killed in action in Quang Tri, South Vietnam through hostile action by multiple fragmentation wounds. 

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

Specialist 4 David Reed De Priest

Rugby, ND

Vietnam Conflict

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:588th Engineer Battalion

Date of Loss: March 25, 1968 / Age: 21

Killed in action in Hua Nghia, South Vietnam in hostile action from multiple fragmentation wounds. 

Sergeant James M. Levings

Vietnam Conflict

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:3rd Battalion

Date of Loss: May 23, 1968 / Age: 19

Died in service in Binh Dinh, South Vietnam in a non-hostile accidental homicide. 

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

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. 

Aviation Machinist's Mate Petty Officer 2nd Class Chester Leroy Coons

Bismarck, ND

Vietnam Conflict

Branch of Service: Navy

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:Observation Squadron 67

Date of Loss: February 17, 1968 / Age: 31

In LZ, LAOS
Hostile, died while missing, FIXED WING - CREW
AIR LOSS, CRASH ON LAND

Sergeant 1st Class Louis Hillyer

Monango, ND

Vietnam Conflict

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery C

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

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

Date of Loss: January 07, 1968 / Age: 41

Killed in action in Quang Tin, South Vietnam through hostile artillery rocket mortar. 

Private First Class Richard Lee Borgman

Minot, ND

Vietnam Conflict

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 Conflict

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.

Private First Class Michael Frederick Meyhoff

Center, ND

Vietnam Conflict

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.