State Heroes Total:
3932
Service Branch

Vietnam

Paul Fowler photo 1970

Master Sergeant Paul Fowler

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: February 14, 1970 / Age: 42

Died in service in Sedalia, Missouri 

Lyle Maynard Johannes photo 1970

Specialist Fourth Class Lyle Maynard Johannes

Kulm, ND

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Military Assistance Command, Vietnam, Advance Team 36

Date of Loss: January 29, 1970 / Age: 20

Military Region 2 in Pleiku, South Vietnam
Non-Hostile, died of illness/injury, Ground casualty
Accidental homicide

Glenn Maier photo 1970

Petty Officer Third Class Glenn Ervin Maier

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Navy

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:River Assault Flotilla One YRBM-17

Date of Loss: July 11, 1970 / Age: 20

Military Region 4 in Kien Hoa, South Vietnam
Non-Hostile, died missing, Ground casualty
Drowned, suffocated

Wayne Milton Wahl photo 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. 

John Lundin photo 1970

Sergeant First Class John Charles Lundin

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: MACV Advisors

Date of Loss: April 25, 1970 / Age: 38

Military Region 3 in Binh Doug, South Vietnam
Hostile, Ground casualty
Gun, small arms fire

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

Carrol E. Evenstad photo 1970

Specialist 5 Carrol E. Evenstad

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Army

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:2nd Armored Division

Date of Loss: June 06, 1970 / Age: 20

He was in the U.S. Army and recently returned from a tour of Vietnam. He and others were in a canoe in Burnett, Texas and it capsized, and Carrol could not swim.

David Larson photo 1970

Corporal David Allen Larson

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: B Company

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

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:4th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: February 27, 1970 / Age: 21

Military Region 2 in Binh Dinh, South Vietnam
Hostile, Ground casualty
Gun, small arms fire

Lowell George Hardmeyer photo 1970

Specialist 4th Class Lowell George Hardmeyer

Mott, ND

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Army

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

Date of Loss: June 10, 1970 / Age: 21

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

Brent William Sveen photo 1970

Private First Class Brent William Sveen

Fargo, ND

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Troop E

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. 

Alan Gerald Nelson photo 1970

Specialist 4 Alan Gerald Nelson

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: August 30, 1970 / Age: 24

He died in service in Okinawa. 

William Kristjanson photo 1970

Sergeant William Davis Kristjanson

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:1st Infantry Division

Date of Loss: February 26, 1970 / Age: 26

Military Region 3 in Binh Doung, South Vietnam
Non-Hostile, died of illness/injury, Ground casualty
Vehicle crash

Joseph William Crary photo 1970

Private First Class Joseph William Crary

Fargo, ND

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Headquarters Company

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

Date of Loss: May 27, 1970 / Age: 25

Military Region 1 in Quang Tin, South Vietnam
Hostile, Ground casualty
Multiple fragmentation wounds

Blythe Noel Van DeVenter photo 1970

Specialist 4 Blythe Noel Van DeVenter

Grand Forks, ND

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 5th Public Information Detachment

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

Date of Loss: April 01, 1970 / Age: 23

Died in service in Khanh Hoa, South Vietnam through non-hostile action.

Vern R. Mattingley photo 1970

Seaman Vern R. Mattingley

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Navy

Date of Loss: January 11, 1970 / Age: 19

He died in service.