State Heroes
Vietnam
1971
Sergeant Roger Lee Svir
Park River, ND
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 1099th Transportation Company
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 159th Transportation Battalion
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 4th Transportation Command
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 1st Logistical Command
Date of Loss: September 26, 1971 / Age: 20
Military Region 4 in Phong Dinh, South Vietnam
Non-hostile, Ground Casualty
Other Accident
1971
Warrant Officer Steven Reed Hanson
Fargo, ND
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Troop D
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 3rd Squadron
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 5th Cavalry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 5th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: September 24, 1971 / Age: 21
Military Region 1 in Quang Tri, South Vietnam
Hostile, Helicopter - Non crew
Air Loss, Crash on Land
1971
Specialist 4 Alan Rolf Hinzpeter
Minot, ND
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: A Company
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 2nd Battalion
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 506th Infantry
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 101st Airborne Division
Date of Loss: September 06, 1971 / Age: 22
Republic of Vietnam in Thua Thien province, South Vietnam
Hostile, Ground Casualty
Other Explosive Device
1971
1st Lieutenant Loren Douglas Hagen
Fargo, ND
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Special Forces
Date of Loss: August 07, 1971 / Age: 25
At approximately 0630 hours on the morning of 7 August 1971 the small team came under a fierce assault by a superior-sized enemy force using heavy small arms, automatic weapons, mortar, and rocket fire. 1st Lt.
1971
Specialist 5 Wayne E. Scott
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: August 03, 1971 / Age: 23
Died in service
1971
Radioman 3rd Class Leonard Biel
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Navy
Date of Loss: August 02, 1971 / Age: 22
Died in service
1971
Seaman John W. Tidball
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Navy
Date of Loss: July 25, 1971 / Age: 22
Died while in service
1971
Chief Warrant Officer 2 James Thor Morrison
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 4th Aviation Company
Date of Loss: July 01, 1971 / Age: 23
Died in service
1971
Colonel Robert Leonard Jondahl
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Air Force
Date of Loss: June 10, 1971 / Age: 41
Died in service in Las Vegas, Nevada
1971
Communications Technician Collection Petty Officer 2nd Class John A. Kuntz
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Navy
Date of Loss: June 04, 1971 / Age: 25
Died in service in Ryukyu Islands.
1971
Captain Edward Alec Werman
Hensel, ND
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Headquarters
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: Advisory Team 87
Regiment / Group / Brigade: Military Assistance Command Vietnam (MACV) Advisors
Date of Loss: June 01, 1971 / Age: 33
Military Region 3 in Tay Ninh, South Vietnam
Non-hostile, Helicopter-Non crew
Air Loss, Crash on Land
1971
Specialist 4th Class Dennis Lee Meduna
Dickinson, ND
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 128th Aviation Company
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 11th Aviation Battalion
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 1st Aviation Brigade, 12th Aviation Group
Date of Loss: June 01, 1971 / Age: 20
In Tay Ninh, South Vietnam
Non-hostile, Helicopter - Crew
Air Loss, Crash on Land
1971
Technical Sergeant Dennis George Heiden
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Air Force
Date of Loss: May 23, 1971 / Age: 38
Died in service in Spangdahlem, Germany
1971
Specialist 4 Steven Paul Stack
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: April 24, 1971 / Age: 18
Died in service in Cass County, ND.
1971
Chaplain - Captain Merle Dewayne Brown
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Brigade Headquarters Company
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 196th Light Infantry Brigade
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: Americal Division
Date of Loss: April 11, 1971 / Age: 32
CPT Brown was and ARMY Chaplain assigned to BDE HHC, 198th Infantry Brigade, Americal Division when he and 10 other servicemen was killed while a passenger on a military aircraft on the military mission "Operation Finney Hill" when the aircraft was fir