State Heroes
Vietnam Conflict
1969
Specialist 5 Gerald Anthony Decker
Sentinel Butte, ND
Vietnam Conflict
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 1st Battalion
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 5th Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 25th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: April 10, 1969 / Age: 20
On April 10, 1969, at 0240 hours, a Spooky Gunship was operating near the Company B night perimeter. At 0428 hours, Company B reported that they had one Bobcat killed and two wounded from stray rounds from the Spooky Gunship and needed a Dust-off.
1969
Sergeant Stanley John Ottmar
Burt, ND
Vietnam Conflict
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 1st Battalion
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 7th Cavalry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 1st Calvary Division
Date of Loss: April 10, 1969 / Age: 19
Killed in action in Bien Hoa, South Vietnam through hostile small arms fire.
1969
Specialist 4 Randy Lee Hansen
Williston, ND
Vietnam Conflict
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 596th Signal Company
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 1st Signal Brigade
Date of Loss: April 06, 1969 / Age: 20
He died in service in Thua Thien, South Vietnam through non-hostile action in a car crash.
1969
Captain David Arlen Waldera
Fargo, ND
Vietnam Conflict
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: Army Spt Command Saigon
Regiment / Group / Brigade: Army Depot Long Binh
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 1st Logistics Command
Date of Loss: April 02, 1969 / Age: 24
Captain Waldera died Apr 2, 1969 at the age of 24 from wounds he sustained at Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam.
1969
Specialist David Ira Styles
Langdon, ND
Vietnam Conflict
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: HHC
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 3rd Battalion
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 11th Infantry Brigade
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 1st Infantry Division
Date of Loss: March 29, 1969 / Age: 20
MOS 91B20 (Medical NCO)
Ground casualty died outright on 3/29/1969 by Hostile gun/small arms fire in the Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam.
1969
Lance Corporal Richard Anthony Volk
Minot, ND
Vietnam Conflict
Branch of Service: Marines
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery E
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 2nd Battalion
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 12th Marine Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 3rd Marine Division
Date of Loss: March 19, 1969 / Age: 19
Killed in action in Quang Tri, South Vietnam through non-hostile accidental homicide.
1969
Specialist 4 Lawrence Robert Esser
Minot, ND
Vietnam Conflict
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery B
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 3rd Battalion
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 34th Artillery Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 9th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: March 12, 1969 / Age: 21
He was killed in action in Kien Hoa, South Vietnam in hostile action by artillery rocket mortar.
1969
Specialist 4 Danny Leroy Hanson
Stirum, ND
Vietnam Conflict
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 5th Battalion
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 60th Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 9th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: March 08, 1969 / Age: 22
Killed in action in Long An, South Vietnam through hostile action.
1969
Specialist 4 Allan J. Restemayer
Vietnam Conflict
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: March 01, 1969 / Age: 20
Died in service
1969
Sergeant Dale George Helgeson
Vietnam Conflict
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 2nd Battalion
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 14th Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 25th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: March 01, 1969 / Age: 24
Killed in action in Binh Long, South Vietnam through hostile action by small arms fire.
1969
Colonel Wendell Richard Keller
Fargo, ND
Vietnam Conflict
Branch of Service: Air Force
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 433rd Tactical Figher Squadron
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 8th Tactical Fighter Wing
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 7th Air Force
Date of Loss: March 01, 1969 / Age: 40
On March 1, 1969, Keller and Meroney were the crew of an F-4D Phantom II aircraft that crashed while carrying out a nighttime strike mission in Khammouan Province, Laos. Nearby U.S. aircrews reported seeing the aircraft hit by enemy fire.
1969
Sergeant Robert Alvin Brothen
Minot, ND
Vietnam Conflict
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 1st Battalion
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 26th Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 1st Infantry Division
Date of Loss: February 27, 1969 / Age: 22
Killed in action in Binh Duong, South Vietnam in hostile action by small arms fire.
1969
Lance Corporal Larry Joseph Sikorski
Fairmount, ND
Vietnam Conflict
Branch of Service: Marines
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery H
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 3rd Battalion
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 12th Marine Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 3rd Marine Division
Date of Loss: February 25, 1969 / Age: 21
At approximately 0530H Fire Support Base Russell came under attack by hostile forces with mortars and rifle fire. Larry died as a result of fragmentation wounds to the chest area from mortar fire.
1969
Specialist 5 Jon Paris Robbins
Dickinson, ND
Vietnam Conflict
Branch of Service: Army
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 1st Logistical Command
Date of Loss: February 23, 1969 / Age: 21
Killed in action by hostile small arms fire in Bien Hoa, South Vietnam.
1969
Staff Sergeant Ward Cecil Evans
Harwood, ND
Vietnam Conflict
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 1st Battalion
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 11th Infantry
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 5th Infantry Division (Mechanized)
Date of Loss: February 08, 1969 / Age: 28
Military Region 1, In Quang Tri, South Vietnam
Hostile, ground casualty
Gun, small arms fire
1969
Specialist 4 David Peter Haegele
Napoleon, ND
Vietnam Conflict
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 1st Battalion
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 5th Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 25th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: February 08, 1969 / Age: 20
On February 08, 1969, the Recon Platoon conducted a RIF southwest of Trung Lap in the area of XT 5619. Companies A and B were conducting a RIF 2 kilometers east of Trung Lap in the area of XT 6222. Scattered contact started at around 1200 hours.