FALLEN
Vietnam
1968
Private First Class George Elwood Tongen
Walhalla, ND
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:4th Battalion
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:25th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: May 21, 1968 / Age: 20
Killed in action in Hua Nghia, South Vietnam through hostile small arms fire.
1968
Major Robert Hugh Carroll
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:1st Cavalry Division
Date of Loss: May 12, 1968 / Age: 30
Killed in action in Quang Tri, South Vietnam through hostile action by multiple fragmentation wounds.
1968
Specialist 4 William F. West III
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery D
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:4th Battalion
Date of Loss: August 21, 1968 / Age: 20
Died while in service in Washington, D.C.
1968
Lance Corporal Douglas Milton Kelly
Dickinson, ND
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Marines
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company K
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:3rd Battalion
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:1st Marine Division
Date of Loss: July 28, 1968 / Age: 21
On the morning of 28 July Company K moved out from the village complex of Da Hoa in an area known to the Marines as "DODGE CITY' towards the east, the third platoon began to receive some harassing rifle fire which ceased abruptly.
1968
Sergeant Gerald Dean Klein
Vietnam
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: May 04, 1968 / Age: 22
Sergeant Klein was killed in action in Bien Hoa, South Vietnam from hostile multiple fragmentation wounds.
1968
Captain Robert John Himler
Williston, ND
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Marines
Date of Loss: August 24, 1968 / Age: 25
During Operation MAMELUKE THRUST, a helicopter on resupply mission to ground troops in the vicinity of Le Nam (3) in the Duy Xuyen District of Quang Nam Province crashed and was consumed by fire.
1968
Warrant Officer 1st Class John William Brinkmeyer
New England, ND
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Headquarters Battery
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:4th Battalion
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:101st Airborne Division
Date of Loss: November 27, 1968 / Age: 22
John Brinkmeyer was killed when the Huey helicopter he was piloting was shot down during an ARA mission near FB Tomahawk by extremely heavy small arms fire during an attack on an enemy position North of Da Nang.
1968
1st Lieutenant David Jon Nesset
Fargo, 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 Calvary Division
Date of Loss: April 19, 1968 / Age: 26
On April 19, 1968, an aircraft from B Company, 229th Assault Helicopter Battalion, 1st Air Cavalry Division, was the lead ship on a combat assault into A Shau Valley.
1968
Private First Class William Paul Backer
Mandan, ND
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Marines
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company F
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:2nd Battalion
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:1st Marine Division
Date of Loss: January 12, 1968 / Age: 18
He died of wounds in Quang Tri, South Vietnam in hostile action.
1968
Private First Class Ralph Charles McCowan
Trenton, ND
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery C
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:2nd Battalion
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:1st Field Force
Date of Loss: April 03, 1968 / Age: 19
Killed in action in Binh Dinh, South Vietnam from hostile multiple fragmentation wounds.
1968
Sergeant John Charles Tingley
Kathyrn, ND
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 128th Assault Helicopter Company
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:11th Aviation Battalion
Date of Loss: January 10, 1968 / Age: 21
On 10 Jan 1968 a UH-1B (tail number 64-14011) from the 128th Assault Helicopter Company went down about 14 kilometers northeast of Trang Bang after being hit by small arms fire. The gunner, SP4 Stephen M.
1968
Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Kurt William Duncan
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Headquarters Company
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:9th Engineer Battalion
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:1st Marine Division
Date of Loss: September 19, 1968 / Age: 21
HM3 Duncan was killed in action when he sustained wounds from an explosive device.
1968
Specialist 4 David Reed De Priest
Rugby, ND
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:588th Engineer Battalion
Date of Loss: March 25, 1968 / Age: 21
Killed in action in Hua Nghia, South Vietnam in hostile action from multiple fragmentation wounds.
1968
Sergeant James M. Levings
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:3rd Battalion
Date of Loss: May 23, 1968 / Age: 19
Died in service in Binh Dinh, South Vietnam in a non-hostile accidental homicide.
1968
Private First Class Fred Walter Jansonius
Jamestown, ND
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:9th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: February 02, 1968 / Age: 19
Arriving in Vietnam 15 October 1967, Fred was assigned to B Company, 2nd Battalion, 60th Infantry, 9th Infantry Division, USARV and later was assigned to Battalion Recon, 2nd Battalion, 60th Infantry, 9th Infantry Division, USARV.