State Heroes Total:
3940
Service Branch

Vietnam

Leonard Joseph Kroshus photo 1966

Private First Class Leonard Joseph Kroshus

Vietnam

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. 

Irvin Knippelberg photo 1966

Specialist 4 Irvin Dale Knippelberg

Vietnam

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.

Thomas Allyn Weller photo 1966

Private Thomas Allyn Weller

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Army

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

Died while in service.

Merlyn Arnold Fraedrick photo 1966

Specialist 4 Merlyn Arnold Fraedrick

Vietnam

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

Allan Korom photo 1966

Lance Corporal Allan James Korom

Vietnam

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.

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.

Milo Hans Amsbaugh photo 1966

Sergeant Milo Hans Amsbaugh

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: September 06, 1966 / Age: 36

Died in service in Bottineau County while on furlough from Vietnam. 

Herbert  Lapp photo 1966

Staff Sergeant Herbert Lapp

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: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. 

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. 

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:

Willis William Weber photo 1965

Sergeant Willis William Weber

Valley City, ND

Vietnam

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

Arlen Clifton  Tuttle photo 1965

Staff Sergeant Alren Clifton Tuttle

Vietnam

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.