FALLEN

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. 

Specialist 4 Douglas Clemens Klose

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: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 Conflict

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.

Private First Class Larry Rex Olson

McHenry, ND

Vietnam Conflict

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C

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

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:25th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: June 19, 1968 / Age: 22

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

1st Lt. Rodger Ray Hertel

Portal, ND

Vietnam Conflict

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 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.

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

Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Kurt William Duncan

Vietnam Conflict

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.

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. 

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.

Airman 1st Class Walter Glen Abraham

Vietnam Conflict

Branch of Service: Air Force

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:4628 Support Squadron

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

Died in service in Tacoma, Washington