State Heroes

1968

Sergeant Richard Frank Triske

Grand Forks, ND

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Marines

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company I

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

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 7th Marine Regiment

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

Date of Loss: June 02, 1968 / Age: 19

Walking towards their destination north of Da Hoa hamlet in Dien Ban District Sgt Triske, the squad leader stepped on a buried pressure switch that detonated a 20 lb. enemy box mine that was planted beside the road.

1968

Sergeant Gene Edward Honcharoff

Max, ND

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A

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

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 28th Infantry Regiment

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

Date of Loss: May 26, 1968 / Age: 21

Killed in action in Bien Hoa, South Vietnam through hostile action from an explosive device. 

1968

Private First Class De Wayne Michael Selby

Bismarck, ND

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Marines

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company I

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

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 3rd Marine Regiment

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

Date of Loss: May 26, 1968 / Age: 19

De Wayne arrived in Vietnam 26 April 1968 and was assigned to India Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division.

1968

Sergeant James M. Levings

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C

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

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade

Date of Loss: May 23, 1968 / Age: 19

Died in service in Binh Dinh, South Vietnam in a non-hostile accidental homicide. 

1968

Private First Class George Elwood Tongen

Walhalla, ND

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 4th Battalion

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 9th Infantry Regiment

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 25th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: May 21, 1968 / Age: 20

Killed in action in Hua Nghia, South Vietnam through hostile small arms fire. 

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

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 5th Marine Regiment

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. 

1968

Private First Class Gary Fredrick Myers

Fort Yates, ND

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Marines

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company E

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

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

Date of Loss: May 13, 1968 / Age: 20

Killed in action in Quang Tri, South Vietnam through hostile small arms fire. 

1968

Major Robert Hugh Carroll

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B

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

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 5th Cavalry Regiment

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

Date of Loss: May 12, 1968 / Age: 30

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

1968

Private First Class David Lynn Kirkeby

Drayton, ND

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Marines

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

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

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 26th Marines Regiment

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

Date of Loss: May 10, 1968 / Age: 20

PFC Kirkeby was Killed in Action in Quang Tri, South Vietnam by hostile artillery rocket mortar. 

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

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 11th Light Infantry Brigade

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. 

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

1968

Master Sergeant Patrick Joseph McCabe

Bismarck, ND

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Army

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 1st Logistical Command

Date of Loss: May 06, 1968 / Age: 43

Died in service in Phuoc Tuy, South Vietnam in a non-hostile ground casualty.

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

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment

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.

1968

Sergeant Gerald Dean Klein

Vietnam

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D

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

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 18th Infantry Regiment

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

Date of Loss: May 04, 1968 / Age: 22

Sergeant Klein was killed in action in Bien Hoa, South Vietnam from hostile multiple fragmentation wounds. 

1968

Private First Class Richard James Olson

Grand Forks, ND

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Marines

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D

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

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 4th Marine Regiment

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

Date of Loss: April 26, 1968 / Age: 18

Killed in action in Quang Tri, South Vietnam through hostile small arms fire.