FALLEN
Vietnam
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.
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.
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:
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:
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
1966
Specialist 4 Richard Denzil Gill Jr
Williston, ND
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 21, 1966 / Age: 19
On July 21, 1966, Companies A and B and the Recon Platoon of 1st Battalion, 5th Infantry, departed Cu Chi Base Camp for a search and destroy operation in the western end of the Filhol Rubber Plantation in Binh Duong Province, RVN.
1966
Specialist 4 Duane Alan Waklee
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: May 22, 1966 / Age: 25
Killed in action in Tay Ninh, South Vietnam in hostile action by multiple fragmentation wounds.
1966
Captain Richard Thomas Perrin
Vietnam
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.
1966
Captain Lawrence Alan Britton
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: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.
1965
Specialist 4th Class Ralph A Copeland
Minot AFB, ND
Vietnam
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
1965
Captain Francis Edward Geiger
Dickinson, ND
Vietnam
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.