State Heroes Total:
3940
Service Branch

Vietnam Conflict

Dennis Wayne Davis photo 1966

Seaman Apprentice Dennis Wayne Davis

Vietnam Conflict

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 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

From DPAA:

Jon Alfred Greenley photo 1966

1st Lieutenant Jon Alfred Greenley

Fargo, ND

Vietnam Conflict

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 Conflict

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. 

Lowell Eugene Harms photo 1966

First Lieutenant Lowell Eugene Harms

Vietnam Conflict

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 Conflict

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. 

Randolph Scott Hutchinson  photo 1966

Private First Class Randolph Scott Hutchinson

Vietnam Conflict

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.

Michael Henry Kessel photo 1966

Lance Corporal Michael Henry Kessel

Dickinson, ND

Vietnam Conflict

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.

Richard Denzil Gill Jr photo 1966

Specialist 4 Richard Denzil Gill Jr

Williston, ND

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 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.

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. 

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. 

Martin William Steen photo 1966

Major Martin William Steen

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: May 31, 1966 / Age: 37

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

From DPAA:

Ralph A Copeland photo 1965

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

Francis Edward Geiger photo 1965

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.