State Heroes Total:
3942
Service Branch

Vietnam Conflict

Thomas Alfred Senne photo 1968

Private First Class Thomas Alfred Senne

Valley City, ND

Vietnam Conflict

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. 

Thomas Earl Alderson photo 1968

Captain Thomas Earl Alderson

Grand Forks, ND

Vietnam Conflict

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

Delbert Austin Olson photo 1968

Commander Delbert Austin Olson

Casselton, ND

Vietnam Conflict

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

Donald J. Sobolik photo 1968

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. 

Gary A. Gessner photo 1968

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. 

Michael  Villarreal photo 1968

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. 

Robert Hugh Carroll photo 1968

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. 

Jerome William Ellenson photo 1968

Sergeant Jerome William Ellenson

Walcott, ND

Vietnam Conflict

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.

Larry Lyle Warbis photo 1968

Private First Class Larry Lyle Warbis

Haynes, 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: October 06, 1968 / Age: 19

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

Melivin Lembke photo 1968

1st Lieutenant Melvin Dennis Lembke

Vietnam Conflict

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. 

George Ernest Valker III photo 1968

Specialist 4 George Ernest Valker III

Minot, ND

Vietnam Conflict

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. 

Leslie Louis Carter photo 1968

Hospitalman 1st Class Leslie Louis Carter

Jamestown, ND

Vietnam Conflict

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.

Robert Lee Storey photo 1968

Warrant Officer 1st Class Robert Lee Storey

Grand Forks AFB, ND

Vietnam Conflict

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 119th Aviation Company

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:52nd Aviation Battalion

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:17th Aviation Group

Date of Loss: November 21, 1968 / Age: 22

Killed in action in Kontum, South Vietnam through hostile action in a Helicopter crash on land as the pilot of the helicopter. 

Dan Leon Herdebu photo 1968

Specialist 4 Dan Leon Herdebu

Baldwin, ND

Vietnam Conflict

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. 

Curtis Eugene Boots photo 1968

Sergeant Curtis Eugene Boots

Watford City, 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:1st Infantry Division

Date of Loss: October 05, 1968 / Age: 26

He was killed in action in Binh Duong, South Vietnam in hostile action in a car crash.