FALLEN
Vietnam
1966
Private Thomas Allyn Weller
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: July 09, 1966 / Age: 21
Died while in service.
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.
1966
Specialist 4 Merlyn Arnold Fraedrick
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Headquarters Company
Date of Loss: August 28, 1966 / Age: 21
Died in service in Frankfurt, Germany
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.
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.
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.
1966
Specialist 5 John Vilnis Raaum
La Moure, ND
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:1st Engineer Battalion
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:1st Infantry Division
Date of Loss: July 09, 1966 / Age: 27
Died in service in Quang Tri, South Vietnam through non-hostile action that was reported as accidental self-inflicted injury.
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:
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:
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.
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
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.
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.
1965
Sergeant Willis William Weber
Valley City, ND
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: C Company
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:1st Battalion
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:1st Infantry Division
Date of Loss: November 11, 1965 / Age: 28
In South Vietnam
Hostile, died of wounds, ground casualty
gun, small arms fire
1965
Staff Sergeant Alren Clifton Tuttle
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:8th Engineer Battalion
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:1st Cavalry Division
Date of Loss: November 05, 1965 / Age: 35
Killed in action in Quang Ngai, South Vietnam in hostile action by an explosive device.