State Heroes Total:
3931
Service Branch

Vietnam

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

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

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.

Calvin Lee Johnson photo 1970

Specialist 4 Calvin Lee Johnson

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: C Company

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

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

Date of Loss: January 30, 1970 / Age:

Killed in Action while fighting in Binh Long province

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. 

David Francis Johnson photo 1970

Sergeant David Francis Johnson

West Fargo, ND

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B

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

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:25th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: May 17, 1970 / Age: 19

In Cambodia
Hostile, died of wounds, Ground casualty
Artillery, rocket, or mortar

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. 

Russell Gregory  Blair  photo 1970

Sergeant Russell Gregory Blair

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: July 30, 1970 / Age: 20

Died in service in Grand Forks, ND following service in Vietnam. 

Steve Louis Escallier photo 1969

Specialist 4 Steve Louis Escallier

Portal, ND

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:229th Assault Helicopter Battalion

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:1st Cavalry Division (Air Mobile)

Date of Loss: October 31, 1969 / Age: 19

He died in service in Tay Ninh, South Vietnam in non-hostile action in a helicopter crash on land, he was a crew member. 

John Edward Kelly Jr photo 1969

Captain John Edward Kelly Jr

Bismarck, ND

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D

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

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

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

Captain Kelly was Killed in Action and a ground casualty in Thua Thien, South Vietnam from hostile multiple fragmentation wounds.

David James Corcoran photo 1969

Private First Class David James Corcoran

Grand Forks, ND

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B

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

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

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

Died in service in Thua Thien, South Vietnam in non-hostile action through an accidental homicide. 

Marvin Clarence Briss photo 1969

Specialist 4 Class Marvin Clarence Briss

Binford, ND

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company E

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:5th Battalion

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:9th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: May 28, 1969 / Age: 20

In Long An, South Vietnam
Hostile, Ground casualty
Gun, small arms fire

Gilbert Ray Bargmann photo 1969

Private First Class Gilbert Ray Bargmann

Hannover, ND

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:4th Battalion

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:25th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: June 19, 1969 / Age: 18

Killed in action in Tay Ninh, South Vietnam in hostile action by small arms fire.

Gene Thomas Gietzen photo 1969

Private First Class Gene Thomas Gietzen

Glen Ullin, ND

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Marines

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A

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

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

Date of Loss: May 21, 1969 / Age: 19

Southeast of Hill 55 near the hamlet of Chau Lau in Dien Ban District during Operation OKLAHOMA HILLS, a Marine patrol tripped a wire which was connected to a claymore type AP (anti-personnel) mine causing an explosion.