State Heroes

1966

Staff Sergeant Herbert Lapp

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Army

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: Company B

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: July 03, 1966 / Age: 43

Staff Sergeant Lapp was killed in action in Pleiku, South Vietnam from hostile small arms fire. 

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 Eugene Raleigh Starke

Vietnam

Branch of Service: Air Force

Date of Loss: June 27, 1966 / Age: 37

Maj. Eugene Starke was the victim of a boating accident at Little Rock, Ark. 

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

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

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