Vietnam Conflict, 1957- 1995, Day County, South Dakota
The Department of Defense contains information on 58,209 casualties of the Vietnam War.
DOD casualty lists were compiled during and after the Vietnam War according to criteria set in Executive Order No. 11216, signed by President Johnson on April 24, 1965, designating Vietnam and adjacent coastal waters, within specified
geographical coordinates, as a combat zone. As hostilities spread, the combat zone was expanded to include additional areas such as Laos and Cambodia in or over which U.S. forces operated. DOD Instruction 7730.22, "Reports of U.S. Casualties In Combat Areas," January 20, 1967, and March 20, 1973, provided that the casualties to be reported were all those occurring within the designated combat areas and those deaths occurring anywhere as the result or aftermath of an initial casualty occurring in a combat area.
In February 1981, DOD supplied the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund with a computer database representing the casualty list, which included those known dead or missing in actions. The list included casualties from battle or hostile causes and those from accidental causes. After a lengthy process of cross checking the lists and working with each branch of the military, the VVMF used its discretion in adding some names that had been overlooked, but which still met the criteria.
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Last Name |
First |
Rank |
Service and Number |
Division |
Town |
Tour of Duty |
Date Of Death |
Place of Death |
Date of Birth |
Casualty |
Memorial Wall Location |
Religion |
Ethnic, Marital Status, Gender |
|
Cameron |
Roger Sletten |
WO-W1 |
Army Reserve W3156132 |
|
Pierpont |
17-May-67 |
31-Jan-68 |
Dinh Tuong, S. Vietnam |
10-Oct-44 |
Hostile, Killed, Ground Casualty, Gun, Small Arms Fire |
Panel 36E- Line 1 |
Lutheran, Missouri Synod |
Caucasian, Single, Male |
|
Hallstrom |
Charles Maury |
1LT |
Army Reserve 503567585 |
Americal |
Webster |
15-Jul-70 |
25-Sep-70 |
Quang Ngai, S. Vietnam |
14-Jul-46 |
Hostile, Killed, Ground Casualty, Other Explosive Device |
Panel 07W- Line 89 |
Lutheran, Missouri Synod |
Caucasian, Single, Male |
|
Jackson |
Michael Meredith |
PFC-E3 |
Army Regular 55809903 |
1st Infantry Division |
Waubay |
9-Feb-66 |
24-Mar-66 |
S. Vietnam |
29-Aug-44 |
Hostile, Died-Wounds, Ground Casualty, Gun, Small Arms Fire |
Panel 06E-Line 44 |
Episcopal Anglican |
American Indian, Single, Male |
|
Sandve |
Donald Raymond |
SSgt - E6 |
Army Regular 17344121 |
1st Infantry Division |
Langford |
21-Sep-65 |
9-Jan-66 |
S. Vietnam |
11-Nov-32 |
Hostile, Killed, Ground Casualty, Other Explosive Device |
Panel 04E-Line 60 |
Lutheran, Missouri Synod |
Caucasian, Married, Male |
|
Surma |
Steven John |
PFC-E3 |
Army Selective Service 55840267 |
25th Infantry Division |
Waubay |
5-Jan-67 |
15-Apr-67 |
Binh Duong, S. Vietnam |
21-Sep-46 |
Hostile, Killed, Ground Casualty, Multiple Fragmentation Wounds |
Panel 18E-Line 31 |
Lutheran, Missouri Synod |
Caucasian, Single, Male |
|
Williams |
Curtis Leland |
SP4-E4 |
Army Regular 504586443 |
Americal |
Webster |
12-Oct-70 |
6-Feb-71 |
Quang Tin, S. Vietnam |
13-Sep-51 |
Non-Hostile, Helicopter - Crew Air Loss, Crash on Land |
Panel 05W-Line 82 |
Lutheran, Missouri Synod |
Caucasian, Single, Male |
Sources: National Archives and Records Administration, 700 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20408-0001 (www.nara.gov/nara/electronic/sdhrviet.html); Department of Defenses, Vietnam Casualty Index; Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall (www.thewall-usa.org); and Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund (www.vvmf.org/index.html)