FALLEN
Vietnam
1968
Sergeant Gary A. Gessner
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: June 24, 1968 / Age: 22
Died in service in Fort Collin, Colorado.
1968
Specialist 4 Douglas Clemens Klose
Vietnam
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.
1968
Sergeant 1st Class Paul Frederick Charnetzki
Valley City, ND
Vietnam
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.
1968
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.
1968
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.
1968
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
1968
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.
1968
Captain Thomas Earl Alderson
Grand Forks, ND
Vietnam
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
1967
Private First Class Murray Dean Vidler
Fargo, ND
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Marines
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company M
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:3rd Battalion
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:1st Marine Division
Date of Loss: December 19, 1967 / Age: 21
On December 19, while crossing a rice paddy in the vicinity of Dong Tien in an area of Dien Ban District in Quang Nam Province known as "Dodge City" a patrol of Marines were hit with enemy sniper fire followed by a automatic weapons fire and volleys of
1967
Private First Class Garry Dean Klein
Mott, ND
Vietnam
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.
1967
Radarman 2nd Class Terry A. Estes
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Navy
Date of Loss: April 10, 1967 / Age: 22
Died in Service.
Overseas Theater of Service unknown
Not listed on Vietnam Veterans Memorial in DC
1967
Private Richard Lyn Sullivan
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: July 25, 1967 / Age: 20
Died while in service in Velva, ND.
1967
Corporal Gerald Allen Iverson
Oakes, ND
Vietnam
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.
1967
Private First Class Richard Wallace Liebig Jr.
Vietnam
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.
1967
Major Glenn Arthur Belcher
Fessenden, ND
Vietnam
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