State Heroes
Vietnam
1970
Sergeant Russell Gregory Blair
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: July 30, 1970 / Age: 20
Died in service in Grand Forks, ND following service in Vietnam.
1970
Sergeant Gregory Keith Krueger
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: E Company
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 17th Cavalry, 173rd Airborne Brigade
Date of Loss: July 17, 1970 / Age: 21
In Binh Dinh, South Vietnam
Non-hostile, Ground Casualty
Other accident
1970
Petty Officer Third Class Glenn Ervin Maier
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Navy
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: River Assault Flotilla One YRBM-17
Date of Loss: July 11, 1970 / Age: 20
Military Region 4 in Kien Hoa, South Vietnam
Non-Hostile, died missing, Ground casualty
Drowned, suffocated
1970
Specialist 4 Wayne Milton Wahl
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Headquarters Company
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 9th Engineer Battalion
Date of Loss: June 28, 1970 / Age: 20
Died while in service in Garrison, ND.
1970
Specialist 4th Class Lowell George Hardmeyer
Mott, ND
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 1st Battalion
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 46th Infantry Regiment, 198th Light Infantry Brigade
Date of Loss: June 10, 1970 / Age: 21
In QUANG TIN, SOUTH VIETNAM
HOSTILE, GROUND CASUALTY
ARTILLERY, ROCKET, or MORTAR
1970
Specialist 5 Carrol E. Evenstad
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Army
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 78th Artillery Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 2nd Armored Division
Date of Loss: June 06, 1970 / Age: 20
He was in the U.S. Army and recently returned from a tour of Vietnam. He and others were in a canoe in Burnett, Texas and it capsized, and Carrol could not swim.
1970
Private First Class Joseph William Crary
Fargo, ND
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Headquarters Company
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 3rd Battalion
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 196th Light Infantry Brigade, 21st Infantry Regiment
Date of Loss: May 27, 1970 / Age: 25
Military Region 1 in Quang Tin, South Vietnam
Hostile, Ground casualty
Multiple fragmentation wounds
1970
Sergeant Norman Anthony Emineth
Baldwin, ND
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: C Company
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 2nd Battalion
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 22nd Infantry
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 25th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: May 22, 1970 / Age: 20
In Binh Duong province, Cambodia
Hostile, Ground Casualty
Multiple fragmentation wounds
1970
Sergeant David Francis Johnson
West Fargo, ND
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 1st Battalion
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 5th Infantry
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 25th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: May 17, 1970 / Age: 19
In Cambodia
Hostile, died of wounds, Ground casualty
Artillery, rocket, or mortar
1970
Sergeant First Class John Charles Lundin
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: MACV Advisors
Regiment / Group / Brigade: Military Assistant Command, Vietnam (MACV) Advisor Team 91
Date of Loss: April 25, 1970 / Age: 38
Military Region 3 in Binh Doug, South Vietnam
Hostile, Ground casualty
Gun, small arms fire
1970
Sergeant Bruce Lloyd Wold
Minot, ND
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery A
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 2nd Battalion
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 35th Artillery Regiment, 54th Artillery Group
Date of Loss: April 21, 1970 / Age: 23
Killed in action in Bunh Duong, South Vietnam from burns received while manning an artillery position.
1970
Sergeant Carl Stephen Berger Jr
Mandan, ND
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 1st Battalion
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 61st Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 5th Infantry Division (Mechanized)
Date of Loss: April 03, 1970 / Age: 21
In QUANG TRI, SOUTH VIETNAM
HOSTILE, GROUND CASUALTY
MULTIPLE FRAGMENTATION WOUNDS
1970
Specialist 4 Blythe Noel Van DeVenter
Grand Forks, ND
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 5th Public Information Detachment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 1st Field Force
Date of Loss: April 01, 1970 / Age: 23
Died in service in Khanh Hoa, South Vietnam through non-hostile action.
1970
Corporal David Allen Larson
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: B Company
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 1st Battalion
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 8th Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 4th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: February 27, 1970 / Age: 21
Military Region 2 in Binh Dinh, South Vietnam
Hostile, Ground casualty
Gun, small arms fire
1970
Sergeant William Davis Kristjanson
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: C Company
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 1st Battalion
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 2nd Infantry
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 1st Infantry Division
Date of Loss: February 26, 1970 / Age: 26
Military Region 3 in Binh Doung, South Vietnam
Non-Hostile, died of illness/injury, Ground casualty
Vehicle crash