FALLEN
Vietnam
Specialist 4 Richard Dale Hovland
Williston, ND
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Headquarters Company
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:69th Engineer Battalion
Date of Loss: January 31, 1968 / Age: 21
On 31 January 1968, Specialist Four Richard Dale Hovland was serving with Headquarters & Headquarters Company, 69th Engineer Battalion, 34th Engineer Group, 20th Engineer Brigade, U.S.
Gunner's Mate 3rd Class Gerald D. Haberman
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Navy
Date of Loss: May 09, 1968 / Age: 26
Died while in service
Major Ronald Dale Bond
Fargo, ND
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Air Force
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:604th Air Commando Squadron
Date of Loss: March 11, 1968 / Age: 37
From DPAA:
Sergeant Elroy Eugene Beier
Langdon, 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:101st Airborne Division
Date of Loss: May 05, 1968 / Age: 21
Elroy died as a result of gunshot wounds to the body from hostile small arms fire.
Private First Class Dan Lee Neuenschwander
Fessenden, ND
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Marines
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company I
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:3rd Battalion
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:1st Marine Division
Date of Loss: May 15, 1968 / Age: 22
Killed in action in Thua Thien, South Vietnam through hostile artillery rocket mortar.
Private First Class Lynn Hartley Myrvik
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Marines
Date of Loss: January 01, 1968 / Age: 21
Died in service in Key West, Florida.
First Lieutenant Durwood Wayne Verrett
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:20th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: May 09, 1968 / Age: 24
Killed in action in Quang Nam, South Vietnam through hostile action by small arms fire.
Specialist 4 Rapheal John Frost
Hunter, 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:31st Infantry Division
Date of Loss: December 20, 1968 / Age: 20
Killed in action in Quang Nam, South Vietnam in hostile action through small arms fire.
Radioman 3rd Class Michael Arthur Evenson
Lakota, ND
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Navy
Date of Loss: March 02, 1968 / Age: 20
On March 02, 1968 SN Michael Evenson's Alpha boat A-91-7 was conducting a riverine patrol on the Can Tho River, four miles south of the city of Can Tho in Phong Dinh Province, Republic of Vietnam when the boat was swamped and sank.
Lance Corporal Stephen John Eichelberger
Fargo, 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:3rd Marine Division
Date of Loss: May 16, 1967 / Age: 20
Killed in action in Quang Tri, South Vietnam in hostile action through small arms fire.
Sergeant Fred Leroy Johnson
Leeds, ND
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Troop D
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:1st Squadron
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:1st Cavalry Division
Date of Loss: January 20, 1967 / Age: 27
Killed in action in Binh Dinh, South Vietnam through hostile action by an explosive device.
Captain David Allan Bujalski
Carrington, ND
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Headquarters Company
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:65th Engineer Battalion
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:25th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: August 15, 1967 / Age: 26
On August 15, 1967, eight days after his arrival in Vietnam, while performing a helicopter-borne road reconnaissance mission he was the victim of a sniper's bullet.
Private Eugene Louis Lavoy Jr
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Marines
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: H&S Company
Date of Loss: March 03, 1967 / Age: 20
Eugene died as a result of fragmentation wounds to the body when hostile 82MM mortar fire hit his living quarters at the Khe Sanh Combat Base.
Specialist 4 Fabian E. Black Jr.
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Headquarters Battery
Date of Loss: February 04, 1967 / Age: 23
Died in service in Fort George Meade, Maryland.