State Heroes
Vietnam
1966
Captain Richard Thomas Perrin
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Troop C
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 1st Squadron
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 9th Cavalry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 1st Cavalry Division
Date of Loss: June 27, 1966 / Age: 24
On June 27, 1966, a U.S. Army helicopter UH-1B (tail number 64-14047) from the 161st Aviation Company and a U.S.
1966
Major Martin William Steen
Grand Forks, ND
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Air Force
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 469th Tactical Fighter Squadron
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 388th Tactical Fighter Wing
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 7th Air Force
Date of Loss: May 31, 1966 / Age: 37
In , NORTH VIETNAM
Hostile, died while missing, FIXED WING - PILOT
AIR LOSS, CRASH ON LAND
From DPAA:
1966
Private First Class Leonard Joseph Kroshus
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Marines
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company G
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 2nd Battalion
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 9th Marines Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 3rd Marine Division
Date of Loss: May 31, 1966 / Age: 19
Killed in action in Quang Nam, South Vietnam in hostile action by an explosive device.
1966
Specialist 4 Duane Alan Waklee
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Headquarters Company
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 2nd Battalion
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 2nd Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 1st Infantry Division
Date of Loss: May 22, 1966 / Age: 25
Killed in action in Tay Ninh, South Vietnam in hostile action by multiple fragmentation wounds.
1966
Lance Corporal Allan James Korom
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Marines
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Headquarters Battery
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 12th Marine Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 3rd Marine Division
Date of Loss: May 22, 1966 / Age: 19
West of Da Nang, in the Hoa Van District of Quang Nam Province a vehicle overturned resulting in the death of two Marines, one of the casualties was Lance Corporal Korom from the injuries he sustained.
1966
Specialist 4 Irvin Dale Knippelberg
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company C
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 4th Battalion
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 23rd Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 25th Infantry Division
Date of Loss: May 19, 1966 / Age: 27
Irvin Knippelberg was Killed in Action through hostile small arms fire in South Vietnam.
1966
Captain Lawrence Alan Britton
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 1st Battalion
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 12th Cavalry
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 1st Cavalry Division
Date of Loss: March 30, 1966 / Age: 25
Killed in action in Pleiku, South Vietnam through hostile action by small arms fire.
1966
1st Lieutenant Jon Alfred Greenley
Fargo, ND
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Air Force
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 774th Troop Carrier Squadron
Date of Loss: January 07, 1966 / Age: 24
From DPAA:
1965
Sergeant Gunder Peter Ri Gunderson
Walhalla, ND
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Army
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 1st Battalion
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 1st Cavalry Division
Date of Loss: November 23, 1965 / Age: 24
South Vietnam
Hostile, ground casualty
Multiple fragmentation wounds
1965
Specialist 4th Class Ralph A Copeland
Minot AFB, ND
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: B Company
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 229th Assault Helo Battalion
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 1st Cavalry Division
Date of Loss: November 14, 1965 / Age: 28
South Vietnam
Hostile, died of wounds, ground casualty
Multiple fragmentation wounds
1965
Sergeant Willis William Weber
Valley City, ND
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: C Company
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 1st Battalion
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 26th Infantry
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 1st Infantry Division
Date of Loss: November 11, 1965 / Age: 28
In South Vietnam
Hostile, died of wounds, ground casualty
gun, small arms fire
1965
Staff Sergeant Alren Clifton Tuttle
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company A
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 8th Engineer Battalion
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 1st Cavalry Division
Date of Loss: November 05, 1965 / Age: 35
Killed in action in Quang Ngai, South Vietnam in hostile action by an explosive device.
1965
Private First Class Robert Edwin Swanson
Grand Forks, ND
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Marines
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: M Company
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 3rd Battalion
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 9th Marine Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 3rd Marine Division
Date of Loss: October 26, 1965 / Age: 18
Quang Nam, South Vietnam
Hostile, died of wounds, ground casualty
gun, small arms fire
1965
Lieutenant Commander Carl Julius Woods
Bottineau, ND
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Navy
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: CVA-31, USS Bon Homme Richard
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: Attack Squadron
Regiment / Group / Brigade: Carrier Air Wing 19
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 7th Fleet
Date of Loss: September 28, 1965 / Age: 32
North Vietnam
Hostile, Fixed Wing - Pilot
Air Loss, Crash on Land
1965
Sergeant 1st Class Gerhardt Just
Wishek, ND
Vietnam
Branch of Service: Army
Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: 125th Air Traffic Control Company
Regiment / Group / Brigade: 1st Aviation Brigade
Date of Loss: August 27, 1965 / Age: 39
He died in service in An Xuyen, South Vietnam through non-hostile action when he died in a fixed wing crash on land.