State Heroes Total:
3942
Service Branch

Vietnam Conflict

Gary Lindsay photo 1967

Lance Corporal Gary Wayne Lindsay

Vietnam Conflict

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. 

Donald Jean Soby photo 1967

Private First Class Donald Jean Soby

Rugby, ND

Vietnam Conflict

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. 

Fabian E. Black Jr. photo 1967

Specialist 4 Fabian E. Black Jr.

Vietnam Conflict

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. 

Kenneth Robert Jamerson photo 1967

Lance Corporal Kenneth Robert Jamerson

Vietnam Conflict

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.

Irvin Knippelberg photo 1966

Specialist 4 Irvin Dale Knippelberg

Vietnam Conflict

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C

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

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

Date of Loss: May 19, 1966 / Age: 27

Irvin Knippelberg was Killed in Action through hostile small arms fire in South Vietnam.

Duane Alan Waklee photo 1966

Specialist 4 Duane Alan Waklee

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: May 22, 1966 / Age: 25

Killed in action in Tay Ninh, South Vietnam in hostile action by multiple fragmentation wounds. 

Allan Korom photo 1966

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.

Richard Thomas Perrin photo 1966

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.

Lawrence Alan Britton photo 1966

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. 

Herbert  Lapp photo 1966

Staff Sergeant Herbert Lapp

Vietnam Conflict

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:25th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: July 03, 1966 / Age: 43

Staff Sergeant Lapp was killed in action in Pleiku, South Vietnam from hostile small arms fire. 

Merlyn Arnold Fraedrick photo 1966

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

Thomas Allyn Weller photo 1966

Private Thomas Allyn Weller

Vietnam Conflict

Branch of Service: Army

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

Died while in service.

Leonard Joseph Kroshus photo 1966

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. 

Clifton Emmet Cushman photo 1966

Major Clifton Emmet Cushman

Grand Forks, ND

Vietnam Conflict

Branch of Service: Air Force

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:469th Tactical Fighter Squadron

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

Date of Loss: September 25, 1966 / Age: 37

North Vietnam

Darel Leetun photo 1966

Lieutenant Colonel Darel Dean Leetun

Vietnam Conflict

Branch of Service: Air Force

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:13th Tactical Fighter Squadron

Date of Loss: September 17, 1966 / Age: 42

In , NORTH VIETNAM
Hostile, died while missing, FIXED WING - PILOT
AIR LOSS, CRASH ON LAND

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