State Heroes
Vietnam
1966
Captain Lawrence Alan Britton
Vietnam
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.
1969
Sergeant Robert Alvin Brothen
Minot, ND
Vietnam
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.
1971
Chaplain - Captain Merle Dewayne Brown
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Brigade Headquarters Company
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 196th Light Infantry Brigade
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: Americal Division
Date of Loss: April 11, 1971 / Age: 32
CPT Brown was and ARMY Chaplain assigned to BDE HHC, 198th Infantry Brigade, Americal Division when he and 10 other servicemen was killed while a passenger on a military aircraft on the military mission "Operation Finney Hill" when the aircraft was fir
1967
Corporal Lawrence Dean Brownotter
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Headquarters Company
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: November 18, 1967 / Age: 22
Killed in action in Dinh Tuong, South Vietnam from multiple fragmentation wounds.
1969
Sargeant Patrick Joseph Buck
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Air Force
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 18th Fighter Intercept Squadron
Date of Loss: July 20, 1969 / Age: 26
Died in service in Valley City, ND.
1967
Captain David Allan Bujalski
Carrington, ND
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Headquarters Company
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 65th Engineer Battalion
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 25th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: August 15, 1967 / Age: 26
On August 15, 1967, eight days after his arrival in Vietnam, while performing a helicopter-borne road reconnaissance mission he was the victim of a sniper's bullet.
1969
Private First Class Richard Allen Buringrud
Argusville, ND
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 2nd Battalion
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 12th Cavalry
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 1st Cavalry Division (Air Mobile)
Date of Loss: June 09, 1969 / Age: 22
In Tay Ninh, South Vietnam
Hostile, Ground Casualty
Multiple fragmentation wounds
1972
Staff Sergeant Rodney Blaine Carr
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Air Force
Date of Loss: May 16, 1972 / Age: 27
Died in service in a car accident in Suffolk, England
1968
Major Robert Hugh Carroll
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 2nd Battalion
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 5th Cavalry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 1st Cavalry Division
Date of Loss: May 12, 1968 / Age: 30
Killed in action in Quang Tri, South Vietnam through hostile action by multiple fragmentation wounds.
1968
Hospitalman 1st Class Leslie Louis Carter
Jamestown, ND
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Navy
Date of Loss: July 01, 1968 / Age: 24
Killed in action in Gia Dinh, South Vietnam in hostile action from artillery rocket mortar.
1968
Sergeant 1st Class Paul Frederick Charnetzki
Valley City, ND
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: MACV Advisors
Date of Loss: February 07, 1968 / Age: 31
Paul was killed when the Vietnamese unit he was advising was ambushed. He was shot while assisting his unit members into the evacuation helicopter.
1968
Specialist 5 Deane Errol Chisholm
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: December 29, 1968 / Age: 21
On the night of Dec 28, 1968, after a card game, Deane and three other friends, Snowden, Ambroziak and Morris decided to visit a bar in Padova, Italy. On the way back their vehicle struck a tree and all were killed.
1972
Captain Adolph Marcus Christianson III
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: February 17, 1972 / Age: 28
Died in service on Eglin Air Force Base, Florida during a training accident.
1968
Aviation Machinist's Mate Petty Officer 2nd Class Chester Leroy Coons
Bismarck, ND
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Navy
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: Observation Squadron 67
Date of Loss: February 17, 1968 / Age: 31
In LZ, LAOS
Hostile, died while missing, FIXED WING - CREW
AIR LOSS, CRASH ON LAND
1965
Specialist 4th Class Ralph A Copeland
Minot AFB, ND
Vietnam
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