FALLEN

Specialist 4th Class Ralph A Copeland

Minot AFB, ND

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: B Company

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:229th Assault Helo Battalion

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

Date of Loss: November 14, 1965 / Age: 28

South Vietnam
Hostile, died of wounds, ground casualty
Multiple fragmentation wounds

Captain Francis Edward Geiger

Dickinson, ND

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Air Force

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:6250th Combat Support Squadron

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:13th Air Force

Date of Loss: July 23, 1965 / Age: 28

He was killed in action while in Kon Tum, South Vietnam while supporting US Marines in hostile action when the fixed wing plane he was piloting crashed on land.

Private First Class Terrance P. Klein

Vietnam

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:2nd Infantry Division

Date of Loss: June 15, 1965 / Age: 23

Died while in service

Sergeant Gunder Peter Ri Gunderson

Walhalla, ND

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Army

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

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

Date of Loss: November 23, 1965 / Age: 24

South Vietnam
Hostile, ground casualty
Multiple fragmentation wounds

First Sergeant Erie Alexander Martin Jr.

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: July 20, 1965 / Age: 39

Killed in action in Quang Nam, South Vietnam through hostile action. 

Staff Sergeant Zlatko Max Fakin

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: April 01, 1965 / Age: 30

On 1 April 1965, he was one of the advisors to the 52nd Vietnamese Ranger Battalion, serving with the Biet Dong Quan (BDQ) Advisory Team TD 41, Advisory Team 99, HQ, MACV Advisors, MACV.

Sergeant 1st Class Gerhardt Just

Wishek, ND

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 125th Air Traffic Control Company

Date of Loss: August 27, 1965 / Age: 39

He died in service in An Xuyen, South Vietnam through non-hostile action when he died in a fixed wing crash on land. 

Private First Class Robert Edwin Swanson

Grand Forks, ND

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Marines

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: M Company

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

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

Date of Loss: October 26, 1965 / Age: 18

Quang Nam, South Vietnam
Hostile, died of wounds, ground casualty
gun, small arms fire

Lieutenant Commander Carl Julius Woods

Bottineau, ND

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Navy

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: CVA-31, USS Bon Homme Richard

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:Attack Squadron

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

Date of Loss: September 28, 1965 / Age: 32

North Vietnam
Hostile, Fixed Wing - Pilot
Air Loss, Crash on Land

Specialist 4 Virgil F. Schmidt

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: September 12, 1964 / Age: 21

Died while in service 

Major Virgil Raymond Greany

Rugby, ND

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: September 25, 1964 / Age: 33

In Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam) Quang Tin province, hostile, ground casualty, explosive device.

Master Sergeant Chester Melvin Ovnand

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: July 08, 1959 / Age: 44

On the night of July 8, six of the men were in the mess hall watching a movie when Viet Cong terrorists attacked and opened fire. Major Buis and Sergeant Ovnand were killed along with two Vietnamese guards.

1st Sergeant Earl O. Carlson

World War I, World War II

Branch of Service: Marines

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Headquarters Company

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

Date of Loss: January 28, 1943 / Age: 47

Died in the Osaka Prison Camp

Captain Walter W. Webster

World War I, World War II

Branch of Service: Navy

Date of Loss: March 16, 1943 / Age: 54

Died in service in Chester, Pennsylvania

Pvt.1st Class William Fidder

World War I

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company H, 1st Infantry, North Dakota National Guard

Date of Loss: April 20, 1925 / Age: 34

Died at St. Cloud, Minn., in Veterans' Hospital, on April 20, 1925.

Name NOT included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.