State Heroes Total:
3940
Service Branch

Vietnam

Harold Edward Berg Jr photo 1967

Private First Class Harold Edward Berg Jr

Rhame, 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:1st Cavalry Division

Date of Loss: February 03, 1967 / Age: 19

Died of wounds he sustained in hostile action in Binh Dinh, South Vietnam.

Donald Schrenk photo 1967

Specialist Donald G. Schrenk

Baldwin 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:1st Infantry Division

Date of Loss: October 04, 1967 / Age: 24

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

Vernon E. Whetham photo 1967

Specialist 4 Vernon E. Whetham

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: November 30, 1967 / Age: 25

Killed in action in Kien Hoa, South Vietnam through hostile action by small arms fire. 

Donald Jean Soby photo 1967

Private First Class Donald Jean Soby

Rugby, 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:101st Airborne Division

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

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

Tracy Murrey photo 1967

First Lieutenant Tracy Henry Murrey

Baldwin

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: C Company

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

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

Tracy Henry Murrey was killed during a massive attempt on Hill 875 near Dak To in November of 1967.  123 men lost their lives during this intense 3 day firefight.

Stephen James Groth photo 1967

Specialist 4 Stephen James Groth

Enderlin, 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:4th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: July 12, 1967 / Age: 22

Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Groth of Enderlin received word Sunday, July 16, that their son Stephen James (Jim) Groth had died as a result of wounds suffered in a Viet Nam skirmish.

Gordon James Wenaas photo 1967

Lieutenant Colonel Gordon James Wenaas

Mayville, ND

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Air Force

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:314th Tactical Airlift Wing

Date of Loss: December 29, 1967 / Age: 46

On December 29, 1967, he was a crew member of a Lockheed Hercules Transport Aircraft (C-130E) on a mission in the extreme northwest corner of North Vietnam over Lai Chau Province, when contact was lost. 

Gerald A. Gessner photo 1967

Private First Class Gerald A. Gessner

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: September 25, 1967 / Age: 21

Died in service 

Arlan Dean Gable photo 1967

Sergeant Arlan Dean Gable

Rolette, 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:4th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: July 10, 1967 / Age: 29

Killed in action in Quang Ngai, South Vietnam in hostile action by an explosive device.

Joel Arden Ellingson photo 1967

Yeoman 2nd Class Joel Arden Ellingson

Rolette, ND

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Navy

Date of Loss: June 26, 1967 / Age: 22

United States Navy Yeoman 2nd Class Ellingson was wounded in action in a car crash and died of his wounds in the Vietnam War.

Robert Joy Sime photo 1967

1st Lieutenant Robert Joy Sime

Tolna, ND

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B

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

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

Date of Loss: October 23, 1967 / Age: 27

On October 23, during Operation WALLOWA the enemy were encountered some 7 kilometers east of Thang Binh in Quang Tin Province. During the ensuing fire fight 1stLt Sime was killed in action by hostile small arms fire.

Christopher Wilmer Davis photo 1967

Specialist 4 Christopher Wilmer Davis

Belcourt, ND

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 17th Field Hospital

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:55th Medical Battalion

Date of Loss: March 18, 1967 / Age: 24

He died in service in South Vietnam becuase of illness/inury in non-hostile action. 

Gerald Allen Iverson photo 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. 

Richard Wallace Liebig Jr. photo 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.

Glenn Arthur Belcher photo 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

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