State Heroes
Vietnam
1967
Private First Class Richard Wallace Liebig Jr.
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 2nd Battalion
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 509th Infantry Regiment
Date of Loss: August 09, 1967 / Age: 19
Died Aug. 9. in Mainz, Germany. Death was caused by a coronary occlusion.
1967
Staff Sergeant Thomas A. Welker
Minot, ND
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 1st Battalion
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 327th Infantry Regiment (Airborne)
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 101st Airborne Division
Date of Loss: July 27, 1967 / Age: 29
Killed in action in Quang Ngai, South Vietnam through hostile fragmentation wounds.
1967
Private Richard Lyn Sullivan
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: July 25, 1967 / Age: 20
Died while in service in Velva, ND.
1967
Specialist 4 Stephen James Groth
Enderlin, ND
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 1st Battalion
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 12th Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 4th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: July 12, 1967 / Age: 22
Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Groth of Enderlin received word Sunday, July 16, that their son Stephen James (Jim) Groth had died as a result of wounds suffered in a Viet Nam skirmish.
1967
Sergeant Arlan Dean Gable
Rolette, ND
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 2nd Battalion
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 34th Armored Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 4th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: July 10, 1967 / Age: 29
Killed in action in Quang Ngai, South Vietnam in hostile action by an explosive device.
1967
Private First Class Donald Jean Soby
Rugby, ND
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 1st Battalion
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 327th Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 101st Airborne Division
Date of Loss: July 07, 1967 / Age: 20
Killed in action in Quang Ngai, South Vietnam through hostile small arms fire.
1967
Private First Class David Bruce Kline
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 1st Battalion
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 8th Calvary Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 1st Calvary Division
Date of Loss: July 02, 1967 / Age: 18
David Kline died while missing in Binh Dinh, South Vietnam.
1967
Yeoman 2nd Class Joel Arden Ellingson
Rolette, ND
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Navy
Date of Loss: June 26, 1967 / Age: 22
United States Navy Yeoman 2nd Class Ellingson was wounded in action in a car crash and died of his wounds in the Vietnam War.
1967
Private First Class Garry Dean Klein
Mott, ND
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Marines
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 1st Battalion
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 9th Marines Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 3rd Marine Division
Date of Loss: May 27, 1967 / Age: 20
PFC Klein was Killed in Action in Quang Tri, South Vietnam from hostile artillery rocket mortar.
1967
Private First Class Kenyon Elroy Bean
Williston, ND
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 1st Battalion
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 35th Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 25th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: May 19, 1967 / Age: 20
As PFC Bean's platoon advanced, it was fired upon by a Viet Cong force estimated at battalion size. The fire came from a system of strongly fortified bunkers, and was so intense that the platoon could not maneuver.
1967
Lance Corporal Stephen John Eichelberger
Fargo, ND
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Marines
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company F
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 2nd Battalion
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 26th Marines Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 3rd Marine Division
Date of Loss: May 16, 1967 / Age: 20
Killed in action in Quang Tri, South Vietnam in hostile action through small arms fire.
1967
Private First Class Paul Harvey Wolos
Fargo, 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: April 28, 1967 / Age: 19
An explosion ripped during the night of April 28; it was Paul Wolos. He had stepped on an M16A2 Bouncing Betty and was gravely wounded.
1967
Private First Class Edward Michael Baumgartner
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Army
Date of Loss: April 27, 1967 / Age: 20
Died in service in Edgewood, Pennsylvania
1967
Radarman 2nd Class Terry A. Estes
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Navy
Date of Loss: April 10, 1967 / Age: 22
Died in Service.
Overseas Theater of Service unknown
Not listed on Vietnam Veterans Memorial in DC
1967
Private First Class Allen Wayne Porter
Carson, ND
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Headquarters Company
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 2nd Battalion
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 101st Airborne Division
Date of Loss: April 09, 1967 / Age: 20
Died in service in Quang Nam, South Vietnam through non-hostile accident.