FALLEN

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.

Private First Class David Bruce Kline

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:1st Calvary Division

Date of Loss: July 02, 1967 / Age: 18

David Kline died while missing in Binh Dinh, South Vietnam.

Specialist 4 Fabian E. Black Jr.

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Headquarters Battery

Date of Loss: February 04, 1967 / Age: 23

Died in service in Fort George Meade, Maryland. 

Sergeant Ward Gunard Walter

Minot, ND

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:720th Military Police Battalion

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:89th Military Police Group

Date of Loss: November 29, 1967 / Age: 50

The Military Assistance Command Vietnam/Army Of The Republic Of Vietnam (MACV/ARVN) outpost at Phuoc Cang on Highway QL-15 was coming under heavy enemy fire and the combined (A, B, and C company) ambush team was tasked with attempting to take the press

Private First Class James Christian Freidt

Grand Forks, 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:1st Cavalry Division

Date of Loss: October 11, 1967 / Age: 20

Pfc. Freidt was walking "point" as his platoon moved along a trail at the base of their elevated night position when he tripped a booby-trapped grenade. He died instantly.

Private First Class Ronald Gilbert Stoltenow

Hankinson, 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: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. 

Staff Sergeant Ronald Leroy Kent

Page, ND

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Headquarters Company

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

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

Date of Loss: January 20, 1967 / Age: 23

Killed in Action in Binh Dinh, South Vietnam from hostile small arms fire.

Journalist 1st Class William Carl Eckes

Beach, ND

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Navy

Date of Loss: March 10, 1967 / Age: 26

JO1 Eckes had 6 years of service in the U.S. Navy, arriving in Vietnam assigned to Headquarters Naval Support Activity Saigon, U.S. Naval Forces Vietnam. A senior U.S.

Lance Corporal Gary Wayne Lindsay

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:3rd Marine Division

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

Killed in action in Quang Tri, South Vietnam from hostile artillery rocket mortar. 

Constructionman Melvin Edward Johnson

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Navy

Date of Loss: October 08, 1967 / Age: 21

Died in service in Thua Thien, South Vietnam in non-hostile action in an air crash in a fixed wing. 

Corporal Norman Paul Williams

Maddock, ND

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Troop A

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

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

Date of Loss: December 06, 1967 / Age: 20

Killed in action in Binh Dinh, South Vietnam through hostile small arms fire. 

Corporal Lawrence Dean Brownotter

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Headquarters Company

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:5th Battalion

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

Date of Loss: November 18, 1967 / Age: 22

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

Sergeant Major Francis Ellsworth Dowling

Coopertown, 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:1st Infantry Division

Date of Loss: October 17, 1967 / Age: 38

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

Private Kenneth Leo Johner

Noonan, ND

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Marines

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Headquarters Company

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

Date of Loss: March 21, 1967 / Age: 20

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

Hospitalman Michael Duane Himmerick

Valley City, ND

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Navy

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 1st 155mm Gun Battery

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

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

Date of Loss: April 06, 1967 / Age: 19

On April 06, 1967 HN Michael Himmerick was killed in action and died outright from hostile small arms fire in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam.