FALLEN
Vietnam
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.
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.
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
Seaman Apprentice Dennis Wayne Davis
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Navy
Date of Loss: December 22, 1966 / Age: 20
Died in service in Kindred, ND.
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:
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:
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.
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.
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.
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:
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.