State Heroes Total:
3942
Service Branch

Vietnam Conflict

Raymond Kramer photo 1968

Private First Class Raymond Eugene Kramer

Vietnam Conflict

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.

Thomas Alfred Senne photo 1968

Private First Class Thomas Alfred Senne

Valley City, ND

Vietnam Conflict

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company E

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

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

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

Killed in action in Tay Ninh, South Vietnam through hostile action by multiple fragmentation wounds. 

Thomas Earl Alderson photo 1968

Captain Thomas Earl Alderson

Grand Forks, ND

Vietnam Conflict

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

Delbert Austin Olson photo 1968

Commander Delbert Austin Olson

Casselton, ND

Vietnam Conflict

Branch of Service: Navy

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:Observation Squadron 67

Date of Loss: January 11, 1968 / Age: 42

In LZ, LAOS
Hostile, died while missing, FIXED WING - PILOT
AIR LOSS, CRASH ON LAND

Body was recovered.12/11/2002

Kurt William  Duncan photo 1968

Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Kurt William Duncan

Vietnam Conflict

Branch of Service: Navy

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Headquarters Company

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:9th Engineer Battalion

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

Date of Loss: September 19, 1968 / Age: 21

HM3 Duncan was killed in action when he sustained wounds from an explosive device.

Douglas Klose photo 1968

Specialist 4 Douglas Clemens Klose

Vietnam Conflict

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A

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

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

Date of Loss: October 27, 1968 / Age: 21

Specialist Four Klose was Killed in Action by a hostile explosive device in Tay Ninh, South Vietnam.

Paul Frederick Charnetzki photo 1968

Sergeant 1st Class Paul Frederick Charnetzki

Valley City, ND

Vietnam Conflict

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: MACV Advisors

Date of Loss: February 07, 1968 / Age: 31

Paul was killed when the Vietnamese unit he was advising was ambushed. He was shot while assisting his unit members into the evacuation helicopter.

Richard Wallace Liebig Jr. photo 1967

Private First Class Richard Wallace Liebig Jr.

Vietnam Conflict

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A

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

Date of Loss: August 09, 1967 / Age: 19

Died Aug. 9. in Mainz, Germany. Death was caused by a coronary occlusion.

Glenn Arthur Belcher photo 1967

Major Glenn Arthur Belcher

Fessenden, ND

Vietnam Conflict

Branch of Service: Air Force

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

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

Date of Loss: December 31, 1967 / Age: 35

DPAA

Garry Dean Klein photo 1967

Private First Class Garry Dean Klein

Mott, ND

Vietnam Conflict

Branch of Service: Marines

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A

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

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

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

PFC Klein was Killed in Action in Quang Tri, South Vietnam from hostile artillery rocket mortar. 

Michael Ferdinand Wolf photo 1967

Lance Corporal Michael Ferdinand Wolf

Beulah, ND

Vietnam Conflict

Branch of Service: Marines

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company H

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

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

Date of Loss: September 10, 1967 / Age: 21

While participating on Operation SWIFT in the Thang Binh District of Quang Tin Province a platoon combat patrol from Company H came under heavy enemy fire in the vicinity of the hamlet of Chau Xuan (5).

Richard Lyn Sullivan photo 1967

Private Richard Lyn Sullivan

Vietnam Conflict

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: July 25, 1967 / Age: 20

Died while in service in Velva, ND.

Gerald Allen Iverson photo 1967

Corporal Gerald Allen Iverson

Oakes, ND

Vietnam Conflict

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery A

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

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:9th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: November 01, 1967 / Age: 20

Killed in action in Dinh Tuong, South Vietnam through hostile action by fragmentation wounds. 

Cleo Levang photo 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

Ronald Gilbert Stoltenow photo 1967

Private First Class Ronald Gilbert Stoltenow

Hankinson, ND

Vietnam Conflict

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:1st Infantry Division

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

PFC Stoltenow's fatality was during Operation Shenandoah II, a fierce firefight that cost the lives of 18 US Army soldiers.