State Heroes
Vietnam
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.
1968
1st Lieutenant David Jon Nesset
Fargo, ND
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 229th Assault Helicopter Battalion
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 1st Calvary Division
Date of Loss: April 19, 1968 / Age: 26
On April 19, 1968, an aircraft from B Company, 229th Assault Helicopter Battalion, 1st Air Cavalry Division, was the lead ship on a combat assault into A Shau Valley.
1968
Captain Gary Dan Lokken
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Headquarters Company
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 14th Engineer Battalion
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 18th Engineer Brigade, 45th Engineer Group
Date of Loss: April 10, 1968 / Age: 26
Killed in action in Thua Thien, South Vietnam through a hostile explosive device.
1968
Private First Class Ralph Charles McCowan
Trenton, ND
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Battery C
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 2nd Battalion
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 1st Field Force
Date of Loss: April 03, 1968 / Age: 19
Killed in action in Binh Dinh, South Vietnam from hostile multiple fragmentation wounds.
1968
Specialist 4 Richard Wayne Orsund
Grafton, ND
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Troop F
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 2nd Squadron
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
Date of Loss: March 27, 1968 / Age: 20
Richard Wayne Orsund died in Binh Duong, South Vietnam from metal fragment wound received while going on night defense perimeter when engaged hostile force.
1968
Private First Class James Allan Osterloth
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 3rd Battalion
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 8th Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 4th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: March 26, 1968 / Age: 21
Killed in action in Kontum, South Vietnam through hostile action by small arms fire.
1968
Specialist 4 David Reed De Priest
Rugby, ND
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company D
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 588th Engineer Battalion
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 20th Engineer Brigade, 79th Engineer Group
Date of Loss: March 25, 1968 / Age: 21
Killed in action in Hua Nghia, South Vietnam in hostile action from multiple fragmentation wounds.
1968
Major Ronald Dale Bond
Fargo, ND
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Air Force
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 604th Air Commando Squadron
Date of Loss: March 11, 1968 / Age: 37
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1968
Specialist 4 Dan Leon Herdebu
Baldwin, ND
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Army
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 1st Aviation Brigade
Date of Loss: March 10, 1968 / Age: 19
Died in service in Khanh Hoa, South Vietnam through non-hostile action in a helicopter crash on land.
1968
Specialist 4 David John Latraille
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company E
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 1st Battalion
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 101st Airborne Division
Date of Loss: March 06, 1968 / Age: 20
Killed in action in Thua Thien, South Vietnam from hostile small arms fire.
1968
Private First Class Richard Lee Borgman
Minot, ND
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 1st Battalion
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 101st Airborne Division
Date of Loss: March 03, 1968 / Age: 21
On March 1, 1968, 1st Battalion, 502nd Airborne Infantry, 101st Airborne Division, began combat operations in Quang Tri district near the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), initiating patrols from Fire Support Base (FSB) Nora and An Lo Bridge while remaining el
1968
Radioman 3rd Class Michael Arthur Evenson
Lakota, ND
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Navy
Date of Loss: March 02, 1968 / Age: 20
On March 02, 1968 SN Michael Evenson's Alpha boat A-91-7 was conducting a riverine patrol on the Can Tho River, four miles south of the city of Can Tho in Phong Dinh Province, Republic of Vietnam when the boat was swamped and sank.
1968
Private First Class Ronald Christy Goodiron
Shields, ND
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Marines
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company K
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: February 28, 1968 / Age: 20
On February 26 the Battalion began participating on Phase I of Operation HOUSTON, a search and clear mission south of the Phu Bai Combat Base along Highway I in Thua Thien Province.
1968
1st Lt. Rodger Ray Hertel
Portal, ND
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 2nd Battalion
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 28th Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 1st Infantry Division
Date of Loss: February 26, 1968 / Age: 25
Killed in action in Binh Duong, South Vietnam through hostile small arms fire.