Service Branch

Vietnam Conflict

Milo Hans Amsbaugh photo 1966

Sergeant Milo Hans Amsbaugh

Vietnam Conflict

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: September 06, 1966 / Age: 36

Died in service in Bottineau County while on furlough from Vietnam. 

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

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 3rd Marine Regiment

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.

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. 

Merlyn Arnold Fraedrick photo 1966

Specialist 4 Merlyn Arnold Fraedrick

Vietnam Conflict

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Headquarters Company

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 21st Artillery Regiment

Date of Loss: August 28, 1966 / Age: 21

Died in service in Frankfurt, Germany

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

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 5th Infantry Regiment

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.

John Vilnis Raaum photo 1966

Specialist 5 John Vilnis Raaum

La Moure, ND

Vietnam Conflict

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.

Thomas Allyn Weller photo 1966

Private Thomas Allyn Weller

Vietnam Conflict

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: July 09, 1966 / Age: 21

Died while in service.

Herbert  Lapp photo 1966

Staff Sergeant Herbert Lapp

Vietnam Conflict

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B

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: July 03, 1966 / Age: 43

Staff Sergeant Lapp was killed in action in Pleiku, South Vietnam from hostile small arms fire. 

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

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 9th Cavalry Regiment

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.

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. 

Leonard Joseph Kroshus photo 1966

Private First Class Leonard Joseph Kroshus

Vietnam Conflict

Branch of Service: Marines

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company G

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

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 9th Marines Regiment

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 3rd Marine Division

Date of Loss: May 31, 1966 / Age: 19

Killed in action in Quang Nam, South Vietnam in hostile action by an explosive device. 

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

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 388th Tactical Fighter Wing

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:

Allan Korom photo 1966

Lance Corporal Allan James Korom

Vietnam Conflict

Branch of Service: Marines

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Headquarters Battery

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 12th Marine Regiment

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 3rd Marine Division

Date of Loss: May 22, 1966 / Age: 19

West of Da Nang, in the Hoa Van District of Quang Nam Province a vehicle overturned resulting in the death of two Marines, one of the casualties was Lance Corporal Korom from the injuries he sustained.

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

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 2nd Infantry Regiment

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. 

Irvin Knippelberg photo 1966

Specialist 4 Irvin Dale Knippelberg

Vietnam Conflict

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 4th Battalion

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 23rd Infantry Regiment

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 25th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: May 19, 1966 / Age: 27

Irvin Knippelberg was Killed in Action through hostile small arms fire in South Vietnam.

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

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 12th Cavalry

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.