FALLEN

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. 

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.

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.

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. 

Corporal Donald J. Sobolik

Vietnam

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

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: June 24, 1968 / Age: 22

Died in service in Fort Collin, Colorado. 

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. 

Specialist 4 Richard Dale Hovland

Williston, ND

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Headquarters Company

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:69th Engineer Battalion

Date of Loss: January 31, 1968 / Age: 21

On 31 January 1968, Specialist Four Richard Dale Hovland was serving with Headquarters & Headquarters Company, 69th Engineer Battalion, 34th Engineer Group, 20th Engineer Brigade, U.S.

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.

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.

Civilian James Edward Simpson

Vietnam

Date of Loss: November 05, 1968 / Age:

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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. 

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. 

Private First Class James Allan Osterloth

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:4th Infantry Division

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

Killed in action in Kontum, South Vietnam through hostile action by small arms fire. 

First Lieutenant Michael Franc Hendrickson

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Marines

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Headquarters

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

Date of Loss: July 25, 1968 / Age: 25

Lieutenant Hendrickson was an infantry officer assigned to Headquarters, 1st Marine Division. He was serving as an observer in an OV-10A Bronco flown by Captain Alfred L. Tripp of VMO-2.