Carl Jeffrey Wanka, age 22, from Saint Paul, Minnesota, Ramsey county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Wednesday, October 14, 1970
Death details: Non-hostile, South Vietnam
Source: National Archives, MinneAssociated Press (1970)olis Star Tribune (1970)
Joseph James Gagne, age 21, from Saint Paul, Minnesota, Ramsey county.
Spouse: Jenell I. Gagne
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Sunday, September 20, 1970
Death details: Non-hostile, South Vietnam
Source: National Archives, Associated Press (1970)
Jon Harris Nordquist, age 21, from Saint Paul, Minnesota, Ramsey county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Saturday, August 1, 1970
Death details: Hostile, South Vietnam
Source: National Archives
Robert James Adams, age 25, from Saint Paul, Minnesota, Ramsey county.
Parents: H. S. Adams
Spouse: Joan E.
Children: Amanda
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Shortridge High Graduate, MacAlester College, Univercity of Minnesota
Date of death: Saturday, July 25, 1970
Death details: Hostile in South Vietnam
Source: National Archives, Indianapolis News (1970)
Thomas Richard Brown, age 19, from Saint Paul, Minnesota, Ramsey county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Tuesday, June 23, 1970
Death details: Non-hostile, South Vietnam
Source: National Archives
Kurt Michael Wilbrecht, age 26, from Roseville, Minnesota, Ramsey county.
Parents: Lester L. Wilbrecht
Spouse: Janice
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Alexander Ramsey High graduate, Saint Olaf College and Mankato State College
Date of death: Sunday, June 7, 1970
Death details: On June 7, 1970, an F-4B Phantom II (bureau number 151478, call sign “Lovebug 208”), with two crew members embarked on a strike mission against enemy targets in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam. The Phantom was the lead aircraft in a flight of two, and on a pass over the target area, the aircraft failed to pull up and crashed in the vicinity of grid coordinates ZC 064 550. The radar intercept operator managed to eject safely and was extracted by a search and rescue team, but they were unable to reach the wreckage of the F-4 due to enemy activity in the area. First Lieutenant Kurt Michael Wilbrecht, who joined the U.S. Marine Corps from Minnesota, served with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 122, Marine Air Group 13. He was the pilot of the F-4 when it crashed, and his remains were not recovered. Today, First Lieutenant Wilbrecht is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.
Cemetery: Memorialized at Fort Snelling National
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, findagrave.com, Minneapolis Star (1970)
Donald James Lundequam, age 22, from Saint Paul, Minnesota, Ramsey county.
Parents: Donald R. Lundequam
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: St. Paul Cretin High (1966), University of Minnesota
Date of death: Friday, June 5, 1970
Death details: Hostile, South Vietnam
Source: National Archives, Minneapolis Star (1970)
Ronald Alphonse Krebsbach, age 20, from Saint Paul, Minnesota, Ramsey county.
Spouse: Deboroah
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Thursday, May 28, 1970
Death details: Hostile, South Vietnam
Source: National Archives, Assocaited Press (1970)
Ralph Scott Purdum, age 22, from Minneapolis, Minnesota, Ramsey county.
Parents: John T. Purdum
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Monday, March 16, 1970
Death details: Non-hostile, South Vietnam
Source: National Archives, Associated Press (1970)
Ronald Lee Biegert, age 21, from Minneapolis, Minnesota, Ramsey county.
Parents: Mr. and Mrs. Richard Small
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Sunday, March 15, 1970
Death details: Hostile, South Vietnam
Source: National Archives, Associated Press (1970)