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1967

Private Eugene Louis Lavoy Jr

Vietnam Conflict

Branch of Service: Marines

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: H&S Company

Date of Loss: March 03, 1967 / Age: 20

Eugene died as a result of fragmentation wounds to the body when hostile 82MM mortar fire hit his living quarters at the Khe Sanh Combat Base.

1967

Specialist 4 James Lee Kramer

Vietnam Conflict

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 1st Battalion

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 12th Infantry Regiment

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 4th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: February 15, 1967 / Age: 20

A member of the 4th Infantry Division, Army SP4 Kramer was killed in action in Kontum, South Vietnam.

1967

Specialist 5 Gerald Lee Larson

Vietnam Conflict

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 97th Transportation Company

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 10th Transportation Battalion

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 124th Transportation Command

Date of Loss: February 05, 1967 / Age: 36

On February 5, 1967, Larson reportedly was sitting on a beach beside an anchor when the cable snapped, hitting him in the head. He sustained fatal injuries in the incident.

1967

Specialist 4 Fabian E. Black Jr.

Vietnam Conflict

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Headquarters Battery

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 35th Artillery Brigade

Date of Loss: February 04, 1967 / Age: 23

Died in service in Fort George Meade, Maryland.

1967

Private First Class Harold Edward Berg Jr

Rhame, 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 Cavalry Regiment

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 1st Cavalry Division

Date of Loss: February 03, 1967 / Age: 19

Died of wounds he sustained in hostile action in Binh Dinh, South Vietnam.

1967

Sergeant Fred Leroy Johnson

Leeds, ND

Vietnam Conflict

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Troop D

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 1st Squadron

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 9th Cavalry Regiment

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 1st Cavalry Division

Date of Loss: January 20, 1967 / Age: 27

Killed in action in Binh Dinh, South Vietnam through hostile action by an explosive device.

1967

Staff Sergeant Ronald Leroy Kent

Page, ND

Vietnam Conflict

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Headquarters Company

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: January 20, 1967 / Age: 23

Killed in Action in Binh Dinh, South Vietnam from hostile small arms fire.

1967

Corporal Thomas Leroy Narum

Amidon, ND

Vietnam Conflict

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Headquarters Company

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 1st Battalion

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 18th Infantry Regiment

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 1st Infantry Division

Date of Loss: January 18, 1967 / Age: 20

Killed in action in Bien Hoa, South Vietnam by hostile multiple fragmentation wounds.

1967

Private First Class Cleo Larry Levang

Vietnam Conflict

Branch of Service: Marines

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company I

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 3rd Battalion

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 7th Marine Regiment

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 1st Marine Division

Date of Loss: January 05, 1967 / Age: 20

At a defense position on Hill 65 in the Dai Loc District of Quang Nam Province in a bunker there was an accidental detonation of a M26A1 hand grenade that wounded one man, and resulted in the death of PFC Levang by the multiple fragmentation wounds he

1967

Specialist 4 Ervind Carl Strandberg

Vietnam Conflict

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 2nd Battalion

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 28th Infantry Regiment

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 1st Infantry Division

Date of Loss: January 03, 1967 / Age: 29

Killed in action in Binh Duong, South Vietnam through hostile fragmentation wounds.

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

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 3rd Marine Regiment

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

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.

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

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 2nd Infantry Regiment

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

Lieutenant Junior Grade Thomas Edmund Spitzer

Baldwin, ND

Vietnam Conflict

Branch of Service: Navy

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: USS Oriskany

Date of Loss: October 26, 1966 / Age: 25

At 0728 26 October fire broke out in a forward magazine and raged through 5 decks, claiming the lives of 44 sailors. Many of those killed were veteran combat pilots who, a few hours earlier, had flown on raids over Vietnam.