State Heroes
Vietnam
1967
Specialist 4 Roy Carl Wagner
Bismarck, ND
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A
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: October 02, 1967 / Age: 20
Killed in action in Bien Hoa, South Vietnam through hostile small arms fire.
1970
Specialist 4 Wayne Milton Wahl
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Headquarters Company
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 9th Engineer Battalion
Date of Loss: June 28, 1970 / Age: 20
Died while in service in Garrison, ND.
1966
Specialist 4 Duane Alan Waklee
Vietnam
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.
1969
Captain David Arlen Waldera
Fargo, ND
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: Army Spt Command Saigon
Regiment / Group / Brigade: Army Depot Long Binh
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 1st Logistics Command
Date of Loss: April 02, 1969 / Age: 24
Captain Waldera died Apr 2, 1969 at the age of 24 from wounds he sustained at Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam.
1967
Sergeant Ward Gunard Walter
Minot, ND
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 720th Military Police Battalion
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 18th Military Police Brigade
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 89th Military Police Group
Date of Loss: November 29, 1967 / Age: 50
The Military Assistance Command Vietnam/Army Of The Republic Of Vietnam (MACV/ARVN) outpost at Phuoc Cang on Highway QL-15 was coming under heavy enemy fire and the combined (A, B, and C company) ambush team was tasked with attempting to take the press
1968
Private First Class Larry Lyle Warbis
Haynes, ND
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 2nd Battalion
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 60th Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 9th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: October 06, 1968 / Age: 19
He was killed while in Long An, South Vietnam by small arms fire.
1965
Sergeant Willis William Weber
Valley City, ND
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: C Company
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 1st Battalion
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 26th Infantry
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 1st Infantry Division
Date of Loss: November 11, 1965 / Age: 28
In South Vietnam
Hostile, died of wounds, ground casualty
gun, small arms fire
1967
Staff Sergeant Thomas A. Welker
Minot, ND
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 1st Battalion
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 327th Infantry Regiment (Airborne)
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 101st Airborne Division
Date of Loss: July 27, 1967 / Age: 29
Killed in action in Quang Ngai, South Vietnam through hostile fragmentation wounds.
1966
Private Thomas Allyn Weller
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: July 09, 1966 / Age: 21
Died while in service.
1967
Lieutenant Colonel Gordon James Wenaas
Mayville, ND
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Air Force
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 314th Tactical Airlift Wing
Date of Loss: December 29, 1967 / Age: 46
On December 29, 1967, he was a crew member of a Lockheed Hercules Transport Aircraft (C-130E) on a mission in the extreme northwest corner of North Vietnam over Lai Chau Province, when contact was lost.
1968
Specialist 4 Charles Donald Wendt
Dickinson, ND
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 4th Medical Battalion
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 4th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: June 05, 1968 / Age: 21
He died in Pleiku, Vietnam June 5 after being injured in a military convoy there May 29 when a truck overturned.
1971
Captain Edward Alec Werman
Hensel, ND
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Headquarters
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: Advisory Team 87
Regiment / Group / Brigade: Military Assistance Command Vietnam (MACV) Advisors
Date of Loss: June 01, 1971 / Age: 33
Military Region 3 in Tay Ninh, South Vietnam
Non-hostile, Helicopter-Non crew
Air Loss, Crash on Land
1968
Specialist 4 William F. West III
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery D
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 4th Battalion
Date of Loss: August 21, 1968 / Age: 20
Died while in service in Washington, D.C.
1967
Specialist 4 Vernon E. Whetham
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Army
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 43rd Infantry Platoon Scout Dog
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 9th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: November 30, 1967 / Age: 25
Killed in action in Kien Hoa, South Vietnam through hostile action by small arms fire.
1967
Corporal Norman Paul Williams
Maddock, ND
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Troop A
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: December 06, 1967 / Age: 20
Killed in action in Binh Dinh, South Vietnam through hostile small arms fire.