FALLEN

Private First Class Dan Lee Neuenschwander

Fessenden, ND

Vietnam

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: May 15, 1968 / Age: 22

Killed in action in Thua Thien, South Vietnam through hostile artillery rocket mortar. 

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.

Corporal Gregory Howard Lunde

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Marines

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

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

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

Date of Loss: February 06, 1968 / Age: 21

On 6 February 1968, Corporal Gregory Howard Lunde was serving with 1st Tank Battalion, 1st Marine Division, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam. On that day, Cpl Lunde was killed in action when he sustained wounds from small arms fire.

Sergeant Elroy Eugene Beier

Langdon, ND

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D

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

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

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

Elroy died as a result of gunshot wounds to the body from hostile small arms fire.

Private First Class Ralph Charles McCowan

Trenton, ND

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery C

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

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

Date of Loss: April 03, 1968 / Age: 19

Killed in action in Binh Dinh, South Vietnam from hostile multiple fragmentation wounds. 

Civilian Steven Andrew Haukness

Vietnam

Date of Loss: January 31, 1968 / Age:

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Specialist 4 Rapheal John Frost

Hunter, ND

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B

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

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:31st Infantry Division

Date of Loss: December 20, 1968 / Age: 20

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

Private First Class George Elwood Tongen

Walhalla, ND

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A

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

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

Date of Loss: May 21, 1968 / Age: 20

Killed in action in Hua Nghia, 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.

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. 

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.

1st Lieutenant David Jon Nesset

Fargo, ND

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:229th Assault Helicopter Battalion

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

Date of Loss: April 19, 1968 / Age: 26

On April 19, 1968, an aircraft from B Company, 229th Assault Helicopter Battalion, 1st Air Cavalry Division, was the lead ship on a combat assault into A Shau Valley.

Major Ronald Dale Bond

Fargo, ND

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Air Force

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:604th Air Commando Squadron

Date of Loss: March 11, 1968 / Age: 37

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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.