FALLEN

Captain Adolph Marcus Christianson III

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: February 17, 1972 / Age: 28

Died in service on Eglin Air Force Base, Florida during a training accident. 

Specialist 4 Loren Dallas Lebeau

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Troop A

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:1st Squadron

Date of Loss: February 01, 1971 / Age: 20

On May 16, 1971, a New York Times article described heroin use by American troops in Vietnam had reached epidemic proportions.

Private First Class Randolph Lee Marthe

Esmond, ND

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Headquarters and Headquarters Battery

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:1st Battalion

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:1st Field Force

Date of Loss: March 31, 1971 / Age: 20

In Kontum, South Vietnam
Hostile, died while missing, Ground Casualty
Misadventure

Technical Sergeant Dennis George Heiden

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Air Force

Date of Loss: May 23, 1971 / Age: 38

Died in service in Spangdahlem, Germany 

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. 

Private First Class Mark M. Prondzinski

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Marines

Date of Loss: December 22, 1971 / Age: 17

Died in service 

Specialist 4th Class Pius Leo Miller

Fargo, ND

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: D Troop

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:1st Squadron

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:1st Cavalry Division

Date of Loss: April 11, 1971 / Age: 20

In Quang Tin, South Vietnam
Hostile, Ground Casualty
Gun, Small arms fire

Chaplain - Captain Merle Dewayne Brown

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Brigade Headquarters Company

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:Americal Division

Date of Loss: April 11, 1971 / Age: 32

CPT Brown was and ARMY Chaplain assigned to BDE HHC, 198th Infantry Brigade, Americal Division when he and 10 other servicemen was killed while a passenger on a military aircraft on the military mission "Operation Finney Hill" when the aircraft was fir

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

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

Private First Class Donald Jay Schweigert

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Marines

Date of Loss: February 22, 1971 / Age: 18

Died while in service

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

Date of Loss: March 28, 1971 / Age: 22

In Quang Tin, South Vietnam
Hostile, Ground Casualty
Misadventure

Specialist 4th Class Dennis Lee Meduna

Dickinson, ND

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 128th Aviation Company

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:11th Aviation Battalion

Date of Loss: June 01, 1971 / Age: 20

In Tay Ninh, South Vietnam
Non-hostile, Helicopter - Crew
Air Loss, Crash on Land

Warrant Officer Steven Reed Hanson

Fargo, ND

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Troop D

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:3rd Squadron

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:5th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: September 24, 1971 / Age: 21

Military Region 1 in Quang Tri, South Vietnam
Hostile, Helicopter - Non crew
Air Loss, Crash on Land

Sergeant Richard John Boehm

Mandan, ND

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: C Company

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:1st Battalion

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:Americal Division

Date of Loss: March 28, 1971 / Age: 19

In Quang Tin, South Vietnam
Hostile, Ground casualty
Artillery, rocket, or mortar

Specialist 4 Alan Rolf Hinzpeter

Minot, ND

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: A Company

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:2nd Battalion

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:101st Airborne Division

Date of Loss: September 06, 1971 / Age: 22

Republic of Vietnam in Thua Thien province, South Vietnam
Hostile, Ground Casualty
Other Explosive Device