State Heroes
Vietnam Conflict
1967
Private First Class David Bruce Kline
Vietnam Conflict
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 1st Battalion
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 8th Calvary Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 1st Calvary Division
Date of Loss: July 02, 1967 / Age: 18
David Kline died while missing in Binh Dinh, South Vietnam.
1967
Yeoman 2nd Class Joel Arden Ellingson
Rolette, ND
Vietnam Conflict
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.
1967
Private First Class Garry Dean Klein
Mott, ND
Vietnam Conflict
Branch of Service: Marines
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 1st Battalion
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 9th Marines Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 3rd Marine Division
Date of Loss: May 27, 1967 / Age: 20
PFC Klein was Killed in Action in Quang Tri, South Vietnam from hostile artillery rocket mortar.
1967
Private First Class Kenyon Elroy Bean
Williston, ND
Vietnam Conflict
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 1st Battalion
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 35th Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 25th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: May 19, 1967 / Age: 20
As PFC Bean's platoon advanced, it was fired upon by a Viet Cong force estimated at battalion size. The fire came from a system of strongly fortified bunkers, and was so intense that the platoon could not maneuver.
1967
Lance Corporal Stephen John Eichelberger
Fargo, ND
Vietnam Conflict
Branch of Service: Marines
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company F
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 2nd Battalion
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 26th Marines Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 3rd Marine Division
Date of Loss: May 16, 1967 / Age: 20
Killed in action in Quang Tri, South Vietnam in hostile action through small arms fire.
1967
Private First Class Paul Harvey Wolos
Fargo, ND
Vietnam Conflict
Branch of Service: Marines
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company K
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 3rd Battalion
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 5th Marine Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 1st Marine Division
Date of Loss: April 28, 1967 / Age: 19
An explosion ripped during the night of April 28; it was Paul Wolos. He had stepped on an M16A2 Bouncing Betty and was gravely wounded.
1967
Private First Class Edward Michael Baumgartner
Vietnam Conflict
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: April 27, 1967 / Age: 20
Died in service in Edgewood, Pennsylvania
1967
Radarman 2nd Class Terry A. Estes
Vietnam Conflict
Branch of Service: Navy
Date of Loss: April 10, 1967 / Age: 22
Died in Service.
Overseas Theater of Service unknown
Not listed on Vietnam Veterans Memorial in DC
1967
Private First Class Allen Wayne Porter
Carson, ND
Vietnam Conflict
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Headquarters Company
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 2nd Battalion
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 101st Airborne Division
Date of Loss: April 09, 1967 / Age: 20
Died in service in Quang Nam, South Vietnam through non-hostile accident.
1967
Hospitalman Michael Duane Himmerick
Valley City, ND
Vietnam Conflict
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 1st 155mm Gun Battery
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 4th Battalion
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 12th Marine Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 3rd Marine Division
Date of Loss: April 06, 1967 / Age: 19
On April 06, 1967 HN Michael Himmerick was killed in action and died outright from hostile small arms fire in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam.
1967
Lance Corporal Kenneth Robert Jamerson
Vietnam Conflict
Branch of Service: Marines
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 1st Battalion
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 1st Marines Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 1st Marine Division
Date of Loss: April 05, 1967 / Age: 20
During the month of March the Battalion was carrying out it combat operations in the Dien Ban and Hieu Nhon District of Quang Nam Province.
1967
Airman 1st Class Donald Duane Durant
Vietnam Conflict
Branch of Service: Air Force
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 1955 Command Squadron
Date of Loss: April 05, 1967 / Age: 28
Died in service in Thailand.
1967
Private First Class Wesley Craig Brenno
Larson, ND
Vietnam Conflict
Branch of Service: Marines
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 1st Battalion
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 1st Marines Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 1st Marine Division
Date of Loss: March 28, 1967 / Age: 22
The President of the United States of America takes pride in presenting the Silver Star (Posthumously) to Private First Class Wesley Craig Brenno (MCSN: 2310818), United States Marine Corps, for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity while serving with
1967
Private Kenneth Leo Johner
Noonan, ND
Vietnam Conflict
Branch of Service: Marines
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Headquarters Company
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 3rd Marine Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 3rd Marine Division
Date of Loss: March 21, 1967 / Age: 20
Killed in action in Quang Tri, South Vietnam through hostile action by small arms fire.
1967
Specialist 4 Christopher Wilmer Davis
Belcourt, ND
Vietnam Conflict
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 17th Field Hospital
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 55th Medical Battalion
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 44th Medical Brigade
Date of Loss: March 18, 1967 / Age: 24
He died in service in South Vietnam because of illness/injury in non-hostile action.
1967
Journalist 1st Class William Carl Eckes
Beach, ND
Vietnam Conflict
Branch of Service: Navy
Date of Loss: March 10, 1967 / Age: 26
JO1 Eckes had 6 years of service in the U.S. Navy, arriving in Vietnam assigned to Headquarters Naval Support Activity Saigon, U.S. Naval Forces Vietnam. A senior U.S.