State Heroes
Vietnam
1967
Private Kenneth Leo Johner
Noonan, ND
Vietnam
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.
1971
Sergeant Myron Blaine Johnson
Mandaree , ND
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: C Company
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 1st Battalion
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 46th Infantry Regiment, 198th Light Infantry Brigade
Date of Loss: March 28, 1971 / Age: 22
In Quang Tin, South Vietnam
Hostile, Ground Casualty
Misadventure
1967
Sergeant Fred Leroy Johnson
Leeds, ND
Vietnam
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.
1970
Sergeant David Francis Johnson
West Fargo, ND
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 1st Battalion
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 5th Infantry
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 25th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: May 17, 1970 / Age: 19
In Cambodia
Hostile, died of wounds, Ground casualty
Artillery, rocket, or mortar
1970
Specialist 4 Calvin Lee Johnson
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: C 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: January 30, 1970 / Age:
Killed in Action while fighting in Binh Long province
1967
Constructionman Melvin Edward Johnson
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Navy
Date of Loss: October 08, 1967 / Age: 21
Died in service in Thua Thien, South Vietnam in non-hostile action in an air crash in a fixed wing.
1969
Seaman Darrell L. Johnson
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Navy
Date of Loss: November 01, 1969 / Age: 21
Died in service in San Ramon, California
1971
Colonel Robert Leonard Jondahl
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Air Force
Date of Loss: June 10, 1971 / Age: 41
Died in service in Las Vegas, Nevada
1969
1st Lieutenant John Morris Joyce
Minot, ND
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Marines
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company K
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 3rd Battalion
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 26th Marines Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 3rd Marine Division
Date of Loss: April 17, 1969 / Age: 24
In April the Battalion was participating in Operation OKLAHOMA HILLS under the OPCON (Operational Control) of the 7th Marines, and on April 17 Company K discovered an NVA Base Camp just north of Hill 1050 (Nui Doi Dat) in the Thuong Duc District of Qua
1965
Sergeant 1st Class Gerhardt Just
Wishek, ND
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 125th Air Traffic Control Company
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 1st Aviation Brigade
Date of Loss: August 27, 1965 / Age: 39
He died in service in An Xuyen, South Vietnam through non-hostile action when he died in a fixed wing crash on land.
1969
Colonel Wendell Richard Keller
Fargo, ND
Vietnam
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.
1968
Lance Corporal Douglas Milton Kelly
Dickinson, ND
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Marines
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company K
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: July 28, 1968 / Age: 21
On the morning of 28 July Company K moved out from the village complex of Da Hoa in an area known to the Marines as "DODGE CITY' towards the east, the third platoon began to receive some harassing rifle fire which ceased abruptly.
1969
Captain John Edward Kelly Jr
Bismarck, ND
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 2nd Battalion
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 101st Airborne Division
Date of Loss: July 25, 1969 / Age: 25
Captain Kelly was Killed in Action and a ground casualty in Thua Thien, South Vietnam from hostile multiple fragmentation wounds.
1973
Machinist's Mate Kenneth John Kelsch
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Navy
Date of Loss: May 10, 1973 / Age: 19
Died in service in a car accident in Idaho Falls, ID while stationed there.
1967
Staff Sergeant Ronald Leroy Kent
Page, ND
Vietnam
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.