State Heroes
Vietnam
1972
1st Lieutenant Byron Kent Kulland
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Troop F
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 8th Cavalry Regiment, 196th Light Infantry Brigade
Date of Loss: April 02, 1972 / Age: 24
In Quang Tri, South Vietnam
Hostile, died while missing, Helicopter - Pilot Air Loss, Crash on Land
1966
Lance Corporal Michael Henry Kessel
Dickinson, ND
Vietnam
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.
1973
Lance Corporal Kelly Mark Kinsella
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Marines
Date of Loss: July 18, 1973 / Age: 20
Died while in service
1968
Private First Class David Lynn Kirkeby
Drayton, ND
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Marines
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: H&S Company
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 1st Battalion
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 26th Marines Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 3rd Marine Division
Date of Loss: May 10, 1968 / Age: 20
PFC Kirkeby was Killed in Action in Quang Tri, South Vietnam by hostile artillery rocket mortar.
1968
Sergeant Gerald Dean Klein
Vietnam
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D
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: May 04, 1968 / Age: 22
Sergeant Klein was killed in action in Bien Hoa, South Vietnam from hostile multiple fragmentation wounds.
1965
Private First Class Terrance P. Klein
Vietnam
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 38th Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 2nd Infantry Division
Date of Loss: June 15, 1965 / Age: 23
Died while in service
1967
Private First Class Garry Dean Klein
Mott, ND
Vietnam
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 David Bruce Kline
Vietnam
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.
1968
Specialist 4 Douglas Clemens Klose
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A
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: October 27, 1968 / Age: 21
Specialist Four Klose was Killed in Action by a hostile explosive device in Tay Ninh, South Vietnam.
1966
Specialist 4 Irvin Dale Knippelberg
Vietnam
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.
1969
Staff Sergeant James Claire Kopseng
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 1st Battalion
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 35th Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 4th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: May 14, 1969 / Age: 21
Sergeant Kopseng was Killed in Action by a hostile explosive device in Pleiku, South Vietnam.
1966
Lance Corporal Allan James Korom
Vietnam
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.
1969
Specialist 4 Robert Leo Kraft
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 2nd Battalion
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 101st Airborne Division
Date of Loss: August 05, 1969 / Age: 19
Specialist 4 Kraft was killed in action by hostile small arms fire in Thua Thien, South Vietnam.
1968
Private First Class Raymond Eugene Kramer
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Troop C
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 1st Squadron
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 4th Calvary Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 1st Infantry Division
Date of Loss: February 02, 1968 / Age: 21
On 02-01-1968 at 4:30am, elements of the Viet Cong Army attacked Province Headquarters and the Engineer School at Phú Cường. The enemy quickly penetrated the Engineer School compound and seized control of the northern portion.
1967
Specialist 4 James Lee Kramer
Vietnam
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.