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Vietnam Conflict

1967

Airman 1st Class Donald Duane Durant

Vietnam Conflict

Branch of Service: Air Force

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:1955 Command Squadron

Date of Loss: April 05, 1967 / Age: 28

Died in service in Thailand.

1967

Private First Class Cleo Larry Levang

Vietnam Conflict

Branch of Service: Marines

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company I

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

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

Date of Loss: January 05, 1967 / Age: 20

At a defense position on Hill 65 in the Dai Loc District of Quang Nam Province in a bunker there was an accidental detonation of a M26A1 hand grenade that wounded one man, and resulted in the death of PFC Levang by the multiple fragmentation wounds he

1967

Command Sergeant Major Laurence Cris Zietlow

New Salem, ND

Vietnam Conflict

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Headquarters Company

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

Date of Loss: October 03, 1967 / Age: 39

On September 17, 1967, SGM Zietlow of I Field Force and a SSG Wright from the 124th Transportation Command were mortally wounded in a terrorist attack in a Noncommissioned Officer's Club in Nha Trang, Vietnam. SGM Laurence C.

1967

Private First Class Kenyon Elroy Bean

Williston, 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:25th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: May 19, 1967 / Age: 20

As PFC Bean's platoon advanced, it was fired upon by a Viet Cong force estimated at battalion size. The fire came from a system of strongly fortified bunkers, and was so intense that the platoon could not maneuver.

1967

Ensign 3rd Class Lancy K. O'Brien

Vietnam Conflict

Branch of Service: Navy

Date of Loss: November 24, 1967 / Age: 20

Died while in service

1967

Specialist 4 James Lee Kramer

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:4th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: February 15, 1967 / Age: 20

A member of the 4th Infantry Division, Army SP4 Kramer was killed in action in Kontum, South Vietnam.

1967

Private First Class Donald Jean Soby

Rugby, 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:101st Airborne Division

Date of Loss: July 07, 1967 / Age: 20

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

1967

Lance Corporal Stephen John Eichelberger

Fargo, ND

Vietnam Conflict

Branch of Service: Marines

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company F

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:2nd Battalion

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

Date of Loss: May 16, 1967 / Age: 20

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

1967

Sergeant Fred Leroy Johnson

Leeds, ND

Vietnam Conflict

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Troop D

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

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

Date of Loss: January 20, 1967 / Age: 27

Killed in action in Binh Dinh, South Vietnam through hostile action by an explosive device.

1967

Captain David Allan Bujalski

Carrington, ND

Vietnam Conflict

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Headquarters Company

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:65th Engineer Battalion

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

Date of Loss: August 15, 1967 / Age: 26

On August 15, 1967, eight days after his arrival in Vietnam, while performing a helicopter-borne road reconnaissance mission he was the victim of a sniper's bullet.

1967

Private Eugene Louis Lavoy Jr

Vietnam Conflict

Branch of Service: Marines

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: H&S Company

Date of Loss: March 03, 1967 / Age: 20

Eugene died as a result of fragmentation wounds to the body when hostile 82MM mortar fire hit his living quarters at the Khe Sanh Combat Base.

1967

Specialist 4 Fabian E. Black Jr.

Vietnam Conflict

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Headquarters Battery

Date of Loss: February 04, 1967 / Age: 23

Died in service in Fort George Meade, Maryland.

1967

Lieutenant Colonel Gordon James Wenaas

Mayville, ND

Vietnam Conflict

Branch of Service: Air Force

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:314th Tactical Airlift Wing

Date of Loss: December 29, 1967 / Age: 46

On December 29, 1967, he was a crew member of a Lockheed Hercules Transport Aircraft (C-130E) on a mission in the extreme northwest corner of North Vietnam over Lai Chau Province, when contact was lost.

1967

Private First Class James Christian Freidt

Grand Forks, 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:1st Cavalry Division

Date of Loss: October 11, 1967 / Age: 20

Pfc. Freidt was walking "point" as his platoon moved along a trail at the base of their elevated night position when he tripped a booby-trapped grenade. He died instantly.