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

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.

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.