FALLEN

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.

Private First Class Gary Fredrick Myers

Fort Yates, ND

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Marines

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company E

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

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

Date of Loss: May 13, 1968 / Age: 20

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

Specialist 4 Charles Donald Wendt

Dickinson, ND

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D

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

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:4th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: June 05, 1968 / Age: 21

He died in Pleiku, Vietnam June 5 after being injured in a military convoy there May 29 when a truck overturned.

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

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. 

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.

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. 

Hospitalman 1st Class Leslie Louis Carter

Jamestown, ND

Vietnam

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.

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.

Airman 1st Class Walter Glen Abraham

Vietnam

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

Specialist 4 Dan Leon Herdebu

Baldwin, ND

Vietnam

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. 

Sergeant Curtis Eugene Boots

Watford City, 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: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. 

Specialist 4 David John Latraille

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company E

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

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

Date of Loss: March 06, 1968 / Age: 20

Killed in action in Thua Thien, South Vietnam from hostile small arms fire.