FALLEN

Corporal David Duane Elsbernd

Crosby, ND

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A

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

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

Date of Loss: September 09, 1969 / Age: 20

Killed in action in Quang Tin, South Vietnam in Hostile action by multiple fragmentation wounds. 

Colonel Wendell Richard Keller

Fargo, ND

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Air Force

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:433rd Tactical Figher Squadron

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:7th Air Force

Date of Loss: March 01, 1969 / Age: 40

On March 1, 1969, Keller and Meroney were the crew of an F-4D Phantom II aircraft that crashed while carrying out a nighttime strike mission in Khammouan Province, Laos. Nearby U.S. aircrews reported seeing the aircraft hit by enemy fire.

Specialist 5 Jon Paris Robbins

Dickinson, ND

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Army

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:1st Logistical Command

Date of Loss: February 23, 1969 / Age: 21

Killed in action by hostile small arms fire in Bien Hoa, South Vietnam. 

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.

Chief Electronics Technician William E. Howe Jr.

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Navy

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

Died while in service 

Sergeant Dale George Helgeson

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B

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

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

Date of Loss: March 01, 1969 / Age: 24

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

Specialist 4 Charles Donald Wendt

Dickinson, ND

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D

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

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

Date of Loss: June 05, 1968 / Age: 21

He died in Pleiku, Vietnam June 5 after being injured in a military convoy there May 29 when a truck overturned.

Captain Thomas Earl Alderson

Grand Forks, ND

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 932nd Medical Detachment

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:56th Medical Battalion

Date of Loss: October 03, 1968 / Age: 26

In Thua Thien, South Vietnam
Non-hostile, helicopter - non crew
Aircraft loss/crash not at sea

Specialist 4 John Robert Tague

Burlington, ND

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:121st Signal Battalion

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

Date of Loss: June 16, 1968 / Age: 22

Died in service in Binh Duong, South Vietnam through non-hostile action due to burns. 

Specialist 4 Douglas Clemens Klose

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A

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

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

Date of Loss: October 27, 1968 / Age: 21

Specialist Four Klose was Killed in Action by a hostile explosive device in Tay Ninh, South Vietnam.

Sergeant 1st Class Paul Frederick Charnetzki

Valley City, ND

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: MACV Advisors

Date of Loss: February 07, 1968 / Age: 31

Paul was killed when the Vietnamese unit he was advising was ambushed. He was shot while assisting his unit members into the evacuation helicopter.

1st Lt. Rodger Ray Hertel

Portal, ND

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C

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

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

Date of Loss: February 26, 1968 / Age: 25

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

Private First Class Richard Lee Borgman

Minot, 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: March 03, 1968 / Age: 21

On March 1, 1968, 1st Battalion, 502nd Airborne Infantry, 101st Airborne Division, began combat operations in Quang Tri district near the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), initiating patrols from Fire Support Base (FSB) Nora and An Lo Bridge while remaining el

Private First Class Raymond Eugene Kramer

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Troop C

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

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

Date of Loss: February 02, 1968 / Age: 21

On 02-01-1968 at 4:30am, elements of the Viet Cong Army attacked Province Headquarters and the Engineer School at Phú Cường. The enemy quickly penetrated the Engineer School compound and seized control of the northern portion.

Private First Class Gary Fredrick Myers

Fort Yates, ND

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Marines

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company E

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

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

Date of Loss: May 13, 1968 / Age: 20

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