FALLEN

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.

Civilian Steven Andrew Haukness

Vietnam

Date of Loss: January 31, 1968 / Age:

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Private First Class Larry Rex Olson

McHenry, ND

Vietnam

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:25th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: June 19, 1968 / Age: 22

Killed in action in Binh Duong, South Vietnam from hostile small arms fire. 

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.

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 Michael Frederick Meyhoff

Center, ND

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:25th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: January 04, 1968 / Age: 19

Killed in action in Binh Dinh, South Vietnam through hostile action.

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.

Private First Class Kenyon Elroy Bean

Williston, ND

Vietnam

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.

Ensign 3rd Class Lancy K. O'Brien

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Navy

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

Died while in service

Lance Corporal Michael Ferdinand Wolf

Beulah, ND

Vietnam

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).

Lance Corporal Kenneth Robert Jamerson

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:1st Marine Division

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

During the month of March the Battalion was carrying out it combat operations in the Dien Ban and Hieu Nhon District of Quang Nam Province.

Lance Corporal Stephen John Eichelberger

Fargo, ND

Vietnam

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. 

Sergeant Fred Leroy Johnson

Leeds, ND

Vietnam

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.

Captain David Allan Bujalski

Carrington, ND

Vietnam

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.