State Heroes Total:
3931
Service Branch

Vietnam

Dennis James Manson photo 1969

Corporal Dennis James Manson

Belcourt, 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 06, 1969 / Age: 18

Killed in action in Tay Ninh, South Vietnam from hostile multiple fragmentation wounds. 

Bernard Goudreau photo 1969

Sergeant Bernard Goudreau

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: July 31, 1969 / Age: 46

Died in service in Washington, D.C. 

Richard Anthony Volk photo 1969

Lance Corporal Richard Anthony Volk

Minot, ND

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Marines

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery E

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

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:3rd Marine Division

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

Killed in action in Quang Tri, South Vietnam through non-hostile accidental homicide. 

Ward Cecil Evans photo 1969

Staff Sergeant Ward Cecil Evans

Harwood, ND

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Army

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

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:5th Infantry Division (Mechanized)

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

Military Region 1, In Quang Tri, South Vietnam

Hostile, ground casualty
Gun, small arms fire

Roy Stephen Thomas photo 1969

Warrant Officer 1st Class Roy Stephen Thomas

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:25th Aviation Battalion

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

Date of Loss: May 10, 1969 / Age: 22

Roy was killed when his helicopter crashed in Vietnam.

Larry Joseph Sikorski photo 1969

Lance Corporal Larry Joseph Sikorski

Fairmount, ND

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Marines

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery H

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

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:3rd Marine Division

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

At approximately 0530H Fire Support Base Russell came under attack by hostile forces with mortars and rifle fire. Larry died as a result of fragmentation wounds to the chest area from mortar fire.

David Kuhn photo 1969

Corporal David James Kuhn

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C

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

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:21st Infantry Division

Date of Loss: May 23, 1969 / Age: 19

Corporal Kuhn was killed in action through hostile actions in Quang Tin, South Vietnam.

Gerald Frank Coulthart photo 1969

Specialist 4 Gerald Frank Coulthart

Hamilton, ND

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery B

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

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

Date of Loss: April 28, 1969 / Age: 21

Killed in action in Tay Ninh, South Vietnam in hostile action through multiple fragmentation wounds.

Merlin Laber photo 1969

Specialist 4 Merlin James Laber

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C

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

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:46th Infantry Division

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

Killed in action through hostile small arms fire in Quang Tin, South Vietnam. 

Robert Alvin Brothen photo 1969

Sergeant Robert Alvin Brothen

Minot, ND

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D

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

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

Date of Loss: February 27, 1969 / Age: 22

Killed in action in Binh Duong, South Vietnam in hostile action by small arms fire. 

William E. Howe Jr. photo 1969

Chief Electronics Technician William E. Howe Jr.

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Navy

Date of Loss: June 02, 1969 / Age: 29

Died while in service 

Danny Leroy Hanson photo 1969

Specialist 4 Danny Leroy Hanson

Stirum, ND

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A

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

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

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

Killed in action in Long An, South Vietnam through hostile action. 

Peter Binstock Jr photo 1969

Corporal Peter Binstock Jr

New England, ND

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Troop A

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

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:Americal Division

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

Died in service in Quang Nam, South Vietnam in non-hostile action when a strap broke on a water trailer that was being lifted and hit him.

Randy Lee Hansen photo 1969

Specialist 4 Randy Lee Hansen

Williston, ND

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 596th Signal Company

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

He died in service in Thua Thien, South Vietnam through non-hostile action in a car crash. 

Ernest E Bartolina Jr. photo 1969

Captain Ernest E Bartolina Jr.

Bismarck, ND

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Marines

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:III Marine Amphibious Force

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

In Quang Nam, South Vietnam
Hostile, Helicopter - Pilot
Air loss, Crash on land