State Heroes Total:
3932
Service Branch

Vietnam

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.

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. 

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. 

Jon Alfred Greenley photo 1966

1st Lieutenant Jon Alfred Greenley

Fargo, ND

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Air Force

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:774th Troop Carrier Squadron

Date of Loss: January 07, 1966 / Age: 24

From DPAA:

Eugene Raleigh Starke photo 1966

Major Eugene Raleigh Starke

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Air Force

Date of Loss: June 27, 1966 / Age: 37

Maj. Eugene Starke was the victim of a boating accident at Little Rock, Ark. 

Clifton Emmet Cushman photo 1966

Major Clifton Emmet Cushman

Grand Forks, ND

Vietnam

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

Dennis Wayne Davis photo 1966

Seaman Apprentice Dennis Wayne Davis

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Navy

Date of Loss: December 22, 1966 / Age: 20

Died in service in Kindred, ND. 

John Vilnis Raaum photo 1966

Specialist 5 John Vilnis Raaum

La Moure, ND

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C

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

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

Date of Loss: July 09, 1966 / Age: 27

Died in service in Quang Tri, South Vietnam through non-hostile action that was reported as accidental self-inflicted injury.

Darel Leetun photo 1966

Lieutenant Colonel Darel Dean Leetun

Vietnam

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

From DPAA:

Lowell Eugene Harms photo 1966

First Lieutenant Lowell Eugene Harms

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:1st Infantry Division

Date of Loss: December 03, 1966 / Age: 26

Killed in action in Quang Tri, South Vietnam in hostile action by multiple fragmentation wounds. 

Lowell Greemer Einarson photo 1966

Shipfitter 2nd Class Lowell Greemer Einarson

Bantry, ND

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Navy

Date of Loss: September 01, 1966 / Age: 28

He died in service in Phuoc Tuy, South Vietnam due to a heart attack in non-hostile action. 

Michael Henry Kessel photo 1966

Lance Corporal Michael Henry Kessel

Dickinson, ND

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Marines

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: H&S Company

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

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

Date of Loss: September 03, 1966 / Age: 19

Lance Corporal Kessel was killed in action in Quang Nam, South Vietnam by hostile explosive device.

Randolph Scott Hutchinson  photo 1966

Private First Class Randolph Scott Hutchinson

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Marines

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: H&S Company

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

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

Date of Loss: December 30, 1966 / Age: 21

Upon arriving in Vietnam, Randolph was assigned to H & S Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division.