State Heroes Total:
3932
Service Branch

Vietnam

Lawrence Dean Brownotter photo 1967

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. 

Francis Ellsworth Dowling photo 1967

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. 

Kenneth Leo Johner photo 1967

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. 

Michael Duane Himmerick photo 1967

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.

Gary Lindsay photo 1967

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. 

Melvin Edward Johnson photo 1967

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. 

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. 

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

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

Leon Lochthowe photo 1967

Private First Class Leon Leroy Lochthowe

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:3rd Marine Division

Date of Loss: September 22, 1967 / Age: 22

Pfc. U.S. Marine Corps, Vietnam War-Pfc. Lochthowe was killed in action by artillery fire on 9-22-1967 while serving as {0311} Rifleman with Mike Co.

Gerald Lee Larson photo 1967

Specialist 5 Gerald Lee Larson

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 97th Transportation Company

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:10th Transportation Battalion

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:124th Transportation Command

Date of Loss: February 05, 1967 / Age: 36

On February 5, 1967, Larson reportedly was sitting on a beach beside an anchor when the cable snapped, hitting him in the head. He sustained fatal injuries in the incident.

Edward Michael Baumgartner photo 1967

Private First Class Edward Michael Baumgartner

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: April 27, 1967 / Age: 20

Died in service in Edgewood, Pennsylvania

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. 

Paul Harvey Wolos photo 1967

Private First Class Paul Harvey Wolos

Fargo, ND

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Marines

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company K

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:3rd Battalion

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

Date of Loss: April 28, 1967 / Age: 19

An explosion ripped during the night of April 28; it was Paul Wolos. He had stepped on an M16A2 Bouncing Betty and was gravely wounded.

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.