State Heroes Total:
3372
Service Branch
Wesley Erwin Mueller photo 1969

SP4 Wesley Erwin Mueller

Jamestown, ND

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 4th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: July 25, 1969 / Age: 18

In BINH DINH, SOUTH VIETNAM
HOSTILE, GROUND CASUALTY
OTHER CAUSES

Dennis James Manson photo 1969

Cpl. Dennis James Manson

Belcourt, ND

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 25th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: June 06, 1969 / Age: 18

In TAY NINH, SOUTH VIETNAM
HOSTILE, GROUND CASUALTY
MULTIPLE FRAGMENTATION WOUNDS

Richard Anthony Volk photo 1969

Lance Cpl. Richard Anthony Volk

Minot, ND

Branch of Service: Marines

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: E Battery, 2nd Battalion, 12th Marine Regiment

Date of Loss: March 19, 1969 / Age: 19

In QUANG TRI, SOUTH VIETNAM
NON-HOSTILE, GROUND CASUALTY
ACCIDENTAL HOMICIDE

Ward Cecil Evans photo 1969

Staff Sgt. Ward Cecil Evans

Harwood, ND

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 5th Infantry Division Mechanized

Date of Loss: February 08, 1969 / Age: 28

In QUANG TRI, SOUTH VIETNAM
HOSTILE, GROUND CASUALTY
GUN, SMALL ARMS FIRE

Leon David Cox photo 1969

Staff Sgt. Leon David Cox

Jamestown, ND

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 1st Infantry Division

Date of Loss: May 17, 1969 / Age: 35

In BINH DUONG, SOUTH VIETNAM
HOSTILE, GROUND CASUALTY
OTHER EXPLOSIVE DEVICE

Mark Daniel Mangin photo 1969

Lance Cpl. Mark Daniel Mangin

Verona, ND

Branch of Service: Marines

Date of Loss: October 01, 1969 / Age: 20

In QUANG NAM, SOUTH VIETNAM
HOSTILE, GROUND CASUALTY
OTHER EXPLOSIVE DEVICE

Larry Joseph Sikorski photo 1969

Lance Cpl. Larry Joseph Sikorski

Fairmount, ND

Branch of Service: Marines

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: H Btry, 3rd Battalion, 12th Marines, 3rd Marine Division

Date of Loss: February 25, 1969 / Age: 21

In QUANG TRI, SOUTH VIETNAM
HOSTILE, GROUND CASUALTY
ARTILLERY, ROCKET, or MORTAR

Danny Leroy Hanson photo 1969

SP4 Danny Leroy Hanson

Stirum, ND

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 9th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: March 08, 1969 / Age: 22

In LONG AN, SOUTH VIETNAM
HOSTILE, GROUND CASUALTY
OTHER CAUSES

Peter Binstock Jr photo 1969

Cpl. Peter Binstock Jr

New England, ND

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: January 03, 1969 / Age: 21

In QUANG NAM, SOUTH VIETNAM
Non-Hostile, died of illness/injury, GROUND CASUALTY
VEHICLE CRASH

Randy Lee Hansen photo 1969

SP4 Randy Lee Hansen

Williston, ND

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 1st Signal Brigade

Date of Loss: April 06, 1969 / Age: 20

In THUA THIEN, SOUTH VIETNAM
NON-HOSTILE, GROUND CASUALTY
VEHICLE CRASH

Ernest E Bartolina Jr. photo 1969

Capt. Ernest E Bartolina Jr.

Bismarck, ND

Branch of Service: Marines

Date of Loss: February 07, 1969 / Age: 26

In QUANG NAM, SOUTH VIETNAM
HOSTILE, HELICOPTER - PILOT
AIR LOSS, CRASH ON LAND

Lawrence Robert Esser photo 1969

SP4 Lawrence Robert Esser

Minot, ND

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 9th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: March 12, 1969 / Age: 21

In KIEN HOA, SOUTH VIETNAM
Hostile, died of wounds, GROUND CASUALTY
ARTILLERY, ROCKET, or MORTAR

Vietnam

Robert Kraft photo 1969

SP4 Robert Leo Kraft

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 101st Airborne Division

Date of Loss: August 05, 1969 / Age: 19

In THUA THIEN, SOUTH VIETNAM
HOSTILE, GROUND CASUALTY
GUN, SMALL ARMS FIRE

James Kopseng photo 1969

Staff Sgt. James Claire Kopseng

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 4th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: May 14, 1969 / Age: 21

In PLEIKU, SOUTH VIETNAM
HOSTILE, GROUND CASUALTY
OTHER EXPLOSIVE DEVICE

David Ira Styles photo 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, 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.