State Heroes Total:
3931
Service Branch

Vietnam

Richard Dale Hovland photo 1968

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.

Gerald D. Haberman photo 1968

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

Ronald Dale Bond photo 1968

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:

Elroy Eugene Beier photo 1968

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.

Dan Lee Neuenschwander photo 1968

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. 

Lynn Hartley Myrvik photo 1968

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. 

Durwood Wayne Verrett photo 1968

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. 

Steven Haukness photo 1968

Civilian Steven Andrew Haukness

Vietnam

Date of Loss: January 31, 1968 / Age:

From DPAA:

Rapheal John Frost photo 1968

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.

Michael Arthur Evenson photo 1968

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.

Stephen John Eichelberger photo 1967

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. 

Fred Leroy Johnson photo 1967

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.

David Allan Bujalski photo 1967

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.

Eugene Lavoy photo 1967

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.

Fabian E. Black Jr. photo 1967

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.