State Heroes Total:
3932
Service Branch

Vietnam

Carl Henry Boldt photo 1967

Lieutenant Colonel Carl Henry Boldt

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Air Force

Date of Loss: November 15, 1967 / Age: 48

Died in service in Guam 

Thomas A. Welker photo 1967

Staff Sergeant Thomas A. Welker

Minot, 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:101st Airborne Division

Date of Loss: July 27, 1967 / Age: 29

Killed in action in Quang Ngai, South Vietnam through hostile fragmentation wounds. 

Ervind Carl Strandberg photo 1967

Specialist 4 Ervind Carl Strandberg

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: January 03, 1967 / Age: 29

Killed in action in Binh Duong, South Vietnam through hostile fragmentation wounds.

Murray Dean Vidler photo 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

James Lee Kramer photo 1967

Specialist 4 James Lee Kramer

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: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.

Terry A. Estes photo 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

Donald Duane Durant photo 1967

Airman 1st Class Donald Duane Durant

Vietnam

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.

Cleo Levang photo 1967

Private First Class Cleo Larry Levang

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: 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

Lancy K. O'Brien photo 1967

Ensign 3rd Class Lancy K. O'Brien

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Navy

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

Died while in service

Kenneth Robert Jamerson photo 1967

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.

Stephen John Eichelberger photo 1967

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. 

Fred Leroy Johnson photo 1967

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.

Allen Wayne Porter photo 1967

Private First Class Allen Wayne Porter

Carson, ND

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Headquarters Company

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

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

Date of Loss: April 09, 1967 / Age: 20

Died in service in Quang Nam, South Vietnam through non-hostile accident. 

David Allan Bujalski photo 1967

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.

Eugene Lavoy photo 1967

Private Eugene Louis Lavoy Jr

Vietnam

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.