State Heroes Total:
3931
Service Branch

Vietnam

Milo Hans Amsbaugh photo 1966

Sergeant Milo Hans Amsbaugh

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: September 06, 1966 / Age: 36

Died in service in Bottineau County while on furlough from Vietnam. 

Herbert  Lapp photo 1966

Staff Sergeant Herbert Lapp

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:25th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: July 03, 1966 / Age: 43

Staff Sergeant Lapp was killed in action in Pleiku, South Vietnam from hostile small arms fire. 

Clifton Emmet Cushman photo 1966

Major Clifton Emmet Cushman

Grand Forks, ND

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Air Force

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:469th Tactical Fighter Squadron

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

Date of Loss: September 25, 1966 / Age: 37

North Vietnam

Dennis Wayne Davis photo 1966

Seaman Apprentice Dennis Wayne Davis

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Navy

Date of Loss: December 22, 1966 / Age: 20

Died in service in Kindred, ND. 

Darel Leetun photo 1966

Lieutenant Colonel Darel Dean Leetun

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Air Force

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:13th Tactical Fighter Squadron

Date of Loss: September 17, 1966 / Age: 42

In , NORTH VIETNAM
Hostile, died while missing, FIXED WING - PILOT
AIR LOSS, CRASH ON LAND

From DPAA:

Jon Alfred Greenley photo 1966

1st Lieutenant Jon Alfred Greenley

Fargo, ND

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Air Force

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:774th Troop Carrier Squadron

Date of Loss: January 07, 1966 / Age: 24

From DPAA:

Eugene Raleigh Starke photo 1966

Major Eugene Raleigh Starke

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Air Force

Date of Loss: June 27, 1966 / Age: 37

Maj. Eugene Starke was the victim of a boating accident at Little Rock, Ark. 

Lowell Greemer Einarson photo 1966

Shipfitter 2nd Class Lowell Greemer Einarson

Bantry, ND

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Navy

Date of Loss: September 01, 1966 / Age: 28

He died in service in Phuoc Tuy, South Vietnam due to a heart attack in non-hostile action. 

Lowell Eugene Harms photo 1966

First Lieutenant Lowell Eugene Harms

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: December 03, 1966 / Age: 26

Killed in action in Quang Tri, South Vietnam in hostile action by multiple fragmentation wounds. 

Martin William Steen photo 1966

Major Martin William Steen

Grand Forks, ND

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Air Force

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:469th Tactical Fighter Squadron

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

Date of Loss: May 31, 1966 / Age: 37

In , NORTH VIETNAM
Hostile, died while missing, FIXED WING - PILOT
AIR LOSS, CRASH ON LAND

From DPAA:

Michael Henry Kessel photo 1966

Lance Corporal Michael Henry Kessel

Dickinson, ND

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Marines

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: H&S Company

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

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

Date of Loss: September 03, 1966 / Age: 19

Lance Corporal Kessel was killed in action in Quang Nam, South Vietnam by hostile explosive device.

Randolph Scott Hutchinson  photo 1966

Private First Class Randolph Scott Hutchinson

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Marines

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: H&S Company

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

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

Date of Loss: December 30, 1966 / Age: 21

Upon arriving in Vietnam, Randolph was assigned to H & S Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division.

Thomas Edmund Spitzer photo 1966

Lieutenant Junior Grade Thomas Edmund Spitzer

Baldwin, ND

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Navy

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: USS Oriskany

Date of Loss: October 26, 1966 / Age: 25

At 0728 26 October fire broke out in a forward magazine and raged through 5 decks, claiming the lives of 44 sailors. Many of those killed were veteran combat pilots who, a few hours earlier, had flown on raids over Vietnam.

Richard Denzil Gill Jr photo 1966

Specialist 4 Richard Denzil Gill Jr

Williston, 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:25th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: July 21, 1966 / Age: 19

On July 21, 1966, Companies A and B and the Recon Platoon of 1st Battalion, 5th Infantry, departed Cu Chi Base Camp for a search and destroy operation in the western end of the Filhol Rubber Plantation in Binh Duong Province, RVN.

Duane Alan Waklee photo 1966

Specialist 4 Duane Alan Waklee

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Headquarters Company

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

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

Date of Loss: May 22, 1966 / Age: 25

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