State Heroes
Vietnam
1968
Specialist 4 John Robert Tague
Burlington, ND
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 121st Signal Battalion
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 1st Infantry Division
Date of Loss: June 16, 1968 / Age: 22
Died in service in Binh Duong, South Vietnam through non-hostile action due to burns.
1968
Specialist 4 Charles Donald Wendt
Dickinson, ND
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 4th Medical Battalion
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 4th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: June 05, 1968 / Age: 21
He died in Pleiku, Vietnam June 5 after being injured in a military convoy there May 29 when a truck overturned.
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
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 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
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
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
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
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.