State Heroes Total:
3931
Service Branch

Vietnam

Richard John Boehm photo 1971

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

Randolph Lee Marthe photo 1971

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

Vern M.  Hostbjor photo 1971

Sergeant First Class Vern M. Hostbjor

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: February 15, 1971 / Age: 50

Died in service in Whittier, California 

Alan Rolf Hinzpeter photo 1971

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

Loren Dallas Lebeau photo 1971

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.

Steven Paul Stack photo 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. 

Pius Leo Miller photo 1971

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

Mark M. Prondzinski photo 1971

Private First Class Mark M. Prondzinski

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Marines

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

Died in service 

Loren Douglas Hagen photo 1971

1st Lieutenant Loren Douglas Hagen

Fargo, ND

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Special Forces

Date of Loss: August 07, 1971 / Age: 25

At approximately 0630 hours on the morning of 7 August 1971 the small team came under a fierce assault by a superior-sized enemy force using heavy small arms, automatic weapons, mortar, and rocket fire. 1st Lt.

Roger Lee Svir photo 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

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

Dennis George  Heiden photo 1971

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 

Merle Dewayne Brown photo 1971

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

Dennis Lee Meduna photo 1971

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

Donald Jay Schweigert photo 1971

Private First Class Donald Jay Schweigert

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Marines

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

Died while in service

Larry Bruce Jacobson photo 1970

Specialist 5th Class Larry Bruce Jacobson

Norma, ND

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 162nd Aviation Company

Date of Loss: August 26, 1970 / Age: 21

In Ba Xugen, South Vietnam
Hostile, Helicopter - Crew
Air Loss, Crash on Land