State Heroes

Captain Richard Thomas Perrin

Vietnam Conflict

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Troop C

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

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

Date of Loss: June 27, 1966 / Age: 24

On June 27, 1966, a U.S. Army helicopter UH-1B (tail number 64-14047) from the 161st Aviation Company and a U.S.

Captain Lawrence Alan Britton

Vietnam Conflict

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 Cavalry Division

Date of Loss: March 30, 1966 / Age: 25

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

Specialist 4 Merlyn Arnold Fraedrick

Vietnam Conflict

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Headquarters Company

Date of Loss: August 28, 1966 / Age: 21

Died in service in Frankfurt, Germany

Lance Corporal Allan James Korom

Vietnam Conflict

Branch of Service: Marines

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Headquarters Battery

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

Date of Loss: May 22, 1966 / Age: 19

West of Da Nang, in the Hoa Van District of Quang Nam Province a vehicle overturned resulting in the death of two Marines, one of the casualties was Lance Corporal Korom from the injuries he sustained.

Private Thomas Allyn Weller

Vietnam Conflict

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: July 09, 1966 / Age: 21

Died while in service.

Private First Class Leonard Joseph Kroshus

Vietnam Conflict

Branch of Service: Marines

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company G

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

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

Date of Loss: May 31, 1966 / Age: 19

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

Sergeant Willis William Weber

Valley City, ND

Vietnam Conflict

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: C Company

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

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

Date of Loss: November 11, 1965 / Age: 28

In South Vietnam
Hostile, died of wounds, ground casualty
gun, small arms fire

Sergeant 1st Class Gerhardt Just

Wishek, ND

Vietnam Conflict

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 125th Air Traffic Control Company

Date of Loss: August 27, 1965 / Age: 39

He died in service in An Xuyen, South Vietnam through non-hostile action when he died in a fixed wing crash on land. 

First Sergeant Erie Alexander Martin Jr.

Vietnam Conflict

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: July 20, 1965 / Age: 39

Killed in action in Quang Nam, South Vietnam through hostile action. 

Staff Sergeant Zlatko Max Fakin

Vietnam Conflict

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: April 01, 1965 / Age: 30

On 1 April 1965, he was one of the advisors to the 52nd Vietnamese Ranger Battalion, serving with the Biet Dong Quan (BDQ) Advisory Team TD 41, Advisory Team 99, HQ, MACV Advisors, MACV.

Staff Sergeant Alren Clifton Tuttle

Vietnam Conflict

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:8th Engineer Battalion

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

Date of Loss: November 05, 1965 / Age: 35

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

Private First Class Robert Edwin Swanson

Grand Forks, ND

Vietnam Conflict

Branch of Service: Marines

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: M Company

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

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

Date of Loss: October 26, 1965 / Age: 18

Quang Nam, South Vietnam
Hostile, died of wounds, ground casualty
gun, small arms fire

Specialist 4th Class Ralph A Copeland

Minot AFB, ND

Vietnam Conflict

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: B Company

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:229th Assault Helo Battalion

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

Date of Loss: November 14, 1965 / Age: 28

South Vietnam
Hostile, died of wounds, ground casualty
Multiple fragmentation wounds

Captain Francis Edward Geiger

Dickinson, ND

Vietnam Conflict

Branch of Service: Air Force

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:6250th Combat Support Squadron

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:13th Air Force

Date of Loss: July 23, 1965 / Age: 28

He was killed in action while in Kon Tum, South Vietnam while supporting US Marines in hostile action when the fixed wing plane he was piloting crashed on land.

Private First Class Terrance P. Klein

Vietnam Conflict

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:2nd Infantry Division

Date of Loss: June 15, 1965 / Age: 23

Died while in service

Lieutenant Commander Carl Julius Woods

Bottineau, ND

Vietnam Conflict

Branch of Service: Navy

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: CVA-31, USS Bon Homme Richard

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:Attack Squadron

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:7th Fleet

Date of Loss: September 28, 1965 / Age: 32

North Vietnam
Hostile, Fixed Wing - Pilot
Air Loss, Crash on Land