State Heroes Total:
3940
Service Branch

Vietnam

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:

From DPAA:

Rapheal John Frost photo 1968

Specialist 4 Rapheal John Frost

Hunter, ND

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B

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

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:31st Infantry Division

Date of Loss: December 20, 1968 / Age: 20

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

Michael Arthur Evenson photo 1968

Radioman 3rd Class Michael Arthur Evenson

Lakota, ND

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Navy

Date of Loss: March 02, 1968 / Age: 20

On March 02, 1968 SN Michael Evenson's Alpha boat A-91-7 was conducting a riverine patrol on the Can Tho River, four miles south of the city of Can Tho in Phong Dinh Province, Republic of Vietnam when the boat was swamped and sank.

David Lynn Kirkeby photo 1968

Private First Class David Lynn Kirkeby

Drayton, ND

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Marines

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: H&S Company

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

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:3rd Marine Division

Date of Loss: May 10, 1968 / Age: 20

PFC Kirkeby was Killed in Action in Quang Tri, South Vietnam by hostile artillery rocket mortar. 

Thomas Alfred Senne photo 1968

Private First Class Thomas Alfred Senne

Valley City, ND

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company E

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

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

Date of Loss: October 26, 1968 / Age: 19

Killed in action in Tay Ninh, South Vietnam through hostile action by multiple fragmentation wounds. 

Gene Edward Honcharoff photo 1968

Sergeant Gene Edward Honcharoff

Max, ND

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A

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

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

Date of Loss: May 26, 1968 / Age: 21

Killed in action in Bien Hoa, South Vietnam through hostile action from an explosive device. 

Delbert Austin Olson photo 1968

Commander Delbert Austin Olson

Casselton, ND

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Navy

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

Date of Loss: January 11, 1968 / Age: 42

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

Body was recovered.12/11/2002

Gerald D. Haberman photo 1968

Gunner's Mate 3rd Class Gerald D. Haberman

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Navy

Date of Loss: May 09, 1968 / Age: 26

Died while in service

Ronald Christy Goodiron photo 1968

Private First Class Ronald Christy Goodiron

Shields, ND

Vietnam

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: February 28, 1968 / Age: 20

On February 26 the Battalion began participating on Phase I of Operation HOUSTON, a search and clear mission south of the Phu Bai Combat Base along Highway I in Thua Thien Province.

Larry Lyle Warbis photo 1968

Private First Class Larry Lyle Warbis

Haynes, ND

Vietnam

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: October 06, 1968 / Age: 19

He was killed while in Long An, South Vietnam by small arms fire.

James Simpson photo 1968

Civilian James Edward Simpson

Vietnam

Date of Loss: November 05, 1968 / Age:

From DPAA:

Norbert Louis Froehlich photo 1968

Corporal Norbert Louis Froehlich

Belfield, ND

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C

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

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

He was killed in action in Phu Yen, South Vietnam in hostile action through small arms fire. 

George Ernest Valker III photo 1968

Specialist 4 George Ernest Valker III

Minot, ND

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A

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

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

Date of Loss: August 10, 1968 / Age: 21

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

Lynn Hartley Myrvik photo 1968

Private First Class Lynn Hartley Myrvik

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Marines

Date of Loss: January 01, 1968 / Age: 21

Died in service in Key West, Florida.