State Heroes
Vietnam
1968
1968
Corporal Donald J. Sobolik
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery D
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 1st Battalion
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 8th Artillery Regiment
Date of Loss: February 24, 1968 / Age: 20
He died in service in Guyana.
1967
Private First Class Donald Jean Soby
Rugby, ND
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 1st Battalion
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 327th Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 101st Airborne Division
Date of Loss: July 07, 1967 / Age: 20
Killed in action in Quang Ngai, South Vietnam through hostile small arms fire.
1966
Lieutenant Junior Grade Thomas Edmund Spitzer
Baldwin, ND
Vietnam
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.
1971
Specialist 4 Steven Paul Stack
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: April 24, 1971 / Age: 18
Died in service in Cass County, ND.
1966
Major Eugene Raleigh Starke
Vietnam
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.
1966
Major Martin William Steen
Grand Forks, ND
Vietnam
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:
1967
Private First Class Ronald Gilbert Stoltenow
Hankinson, 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: November 07, 1967 / Age: 20
PFC Stoltenow's fatality was during Operation Shenandoah II, a fierce firefight that cost the lives of 18 US Army soldiers.
1968
Warrant Officer 1st Class Robert Lee Storey
Grand Forks AFB, ND
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 119th Aviation Company
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 52nd Aviation Battalion
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 1st Aviation Brigade
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 17th Aviation Group
Date of Loss: November 21, 1968 / Age: 22
Killed in action in Kontum, South Vietnam through hostile action in a Helicopter crash on land as the pilot of the helicopter.
1967
Specialist 4 Ervind Carl Strandberg
Vietnam
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.
1969
Specialist David Ira Styles
Langdon, ND
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: HHC
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 3rd Battalion
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 11th Infantry Brigade
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 1st Infantry Division
Date of Loss: March 29, 1969 / Age: 20
MOS 91B20 (Medical NCO)
Ground casualty died outright on 3/29/1969 by Hostile gun/small arms fire in the Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam.
1967
Private Richard Lyn Sullivan
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: July 25, 1967 / Age: 20
Died while in service in Velva, ND.
1970
Private First Class Brent William Sveen
Fargo, ND
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Troop E
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 173rd Airborne Brigade
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 17th Cavalry
Date of Loss: September 07, 1970 / Age: 18
Killed in action in Binh Dinh, South Vietnam through hostile small arms fire.
1971
Sergeant Roger Lee Svir
Park River, ND
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 1099th Transportation Company
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 159th Transportation Battalion
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 4th Transportation Command
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 1st Logistical Command
Date of Loss: September 26, 1971 / Age: 20
Military Region 4 in Phong Dinh, South Vietnam
Non-hostile, Ground Casualty
Other Accident
1965
Private First Class Robert Edwin Swanson
Grand Forks, ND
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Marines
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: M Company
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 3rd Battalion
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 9th Marine Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 3rd Marine Division
Date of Loss: October 26, 1965 / Age: 18
Quang Nam, South Vietnam
Hostile, died of wounds, ground casualty
gun, small arms fire