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 Roger Duane Alberts

Fort Totten, ND

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Headquarters Company

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

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

Date of Loss: February 05, 1968 / Age: 20

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

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.

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.

Captain William Tod Potter

Grand Forks, ND

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Air Force

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:14 Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:7th Air Force

Date of Loss: February 05, 1968 / Age: 32

Hostile, Khammouan Province, Laos, died while missing, FIXED WING - CREW
AIR LOSS, CRASH ON LAND

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. 

Private First Class Richard James Olson

Grand Forks, ND

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Marines

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D

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

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

Date of Loss: April 26, 1968 / Age: 18

Killed in action in Quang Tri, South Vietnam through 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.

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.