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This article is a list of journalists killed and missing in the Vietnam War.

List

Year and date killed/missing Surname, First name(s) Nationality Agency Operation/Battle Name Location Circumstances of loss Burial
1965, November 4 Chapelle, Dicky American Operation Black Ferret Vietnam, Quang Ngai Province Killed while on patrol with a United States Marine Corps unit when a landmine fragment severed her carotid artery.[1]
1966, February 14 Chellappah, Charles Singaporean Associated Press Vietnam, Killed by a claymore mine while on patrol with US forces.[2]
1966, May 21 Castan, Sam American Look magazine Vietnam, Killed by mortar fire with a unit of the 1st Cavalry Division.[3]
1967, February 21 Fall, Bernard American Operation Chinook II Vietnam, Street Without Joy Killed when he stepped on a Bouncing Betty mine while on patrol with the 1st Battalion 9th Marines.[4]
1967, February 21 Highland, Byron American Headquarters Company, 3rd Marine Division Operation Chinook II Vietnam, Street Without Joy Killed by a Bouncing Betty mine while on patrol with the 1st Battalion 9th Marines.[4][5]
1967, May 9 Schuyler, Philippa American Manchester Union Leader Vietnam, Danang Killed when the UH-1 helicopter she was riding on crashed in the sea near Danang, she survived the crash but drowned before she could be rescued[6]
1968, March 4 Ellison, Robert American Newsweek Battle of Khe Sanh Vietnam, Khe Sanh One of 44 passengers and crew killed when the C-123 #54-0590 he was riding on was shot down by North Vietnamese anti-aircraft fire.[7][8]
1968, May 5 Birch, Michael Australian Australian Associated Press May Offensive Vietnam, Cholon Killed when the Mini Moke he was riding in was ambushed by Vietcong forces.[9]
1968, May 5 Cantwell, John Australian Time magazine May Offensive Vietnam, Cholon Killed when the Mini Moke he was riding in was ambushed by Vietcong forces.[9]
1968, May 5 Laramy, Ronald English Reuters May Offensive Vietnam, Cholon Killed when the Mini Moke he was riding in was ambushed by Vietcong forces.[9]
1968, May 5 Piggott, Bruce Australian Reuters May Offensive Vietnam, Cholon Killed when the Mini Moke he was riding in was ambushed by Vietcong forces.[9]
1968, May 6 Eggleston, Charles American UPI May Offensive Vietnam, Tan Son Nhut Killed by Vietcong fire.[10]
1970, April 6 Flynn, Sean American Time magazine Cambodian Campaign Cambodia, Svay Rieng Province Captured while motorcycling down Highway One, believed to have been executed by the Khmer Rouge in 1971[11][12] Missing.
1970, April 6 Stone, Dana American CBS News Cambodian Campaign Cambodia, Svay Rieng Province Captured while motorcycling down Highway One, believed to have been executed by the Khmer Rouge in 1971[11][12] Missing.
1970, October 28 Sawada, Kyoichi Japanese UPI Cambodian Campaign Cambodia Killed by Vietcong fire.[13]
1971, February 10 Burrows, Larry British Life magazine Operation Lam Son 719 Laos, Xépôn Passenger on ARVN UH-1H helicopter shot down by North Vietnamese anti-aircraft fire over the Ho Chi Minh Trail[14] Remains identified in 2002 and interred at the Newseum on 3 April 2008.
1971, February 10 Huet, Henri French/Vietnamese Associated Press Operation Lam Son 719 Laos, Xépôn Passenger on ARVN UH-1H helicopter shot down by North Vietnamese anti-aircraft fire over the Ho Chi Minh Trail[14] Remains identified in 2002 and interred at the Newseum on 3 April 2008.
1971, February 10 Potter, Kent American UPI Operation Lam Son 719 Laos, Xépôn Passenger on ARVN UH-1H helicopter shot down by North Vietnamese anti-aircraft fire over the Ho Chi Minh Trail[14] Remains identified in 2002 and interred at the Newseum on 3 April 2008.
1971, February 10 Shimamoto, Keizaburo Japanese Newsweek Operation Lam Son 719 Laos, Xépôn Passenger on ARVN UH-1H helicopter shot down by North Vietnamese anti-aircraft fire over the Ho Chi Minh Trail[14] Remains identified in 2002 and interred at the Newseum on 3 April 2008.
1972, July 12 Shimkin, Alexander American Newsweek Easter Offensive Vietnam, Quảng Trị Killed by a grenade during an ambush by North Vietnamese forces[15] Missing

See also

References

  1. ^ Johnson, Charles (1978). U.S. Marines in Vietnam: The Landing and the Buildup, 1965 (Marine Corps Vietnam Operational Historical Series). Marine Corps Association. pp. 93–96. ISBN 978-0-89839-259-3.
  2. ^ "Chellappah, Charles". Newseum.org. Retrieved 7 May 2013.
  3. ^ "Castan, Sam". Newseum.org. Retrieved 7 May 2013.
  4. ^ a b Apple, R.W. (February 21, 1967). "Bernard Fall Killed in Vietnam By a Mine while With Marines". The New York Times. pp. 1, 4. Retrieved 2008-10-25.
  5. ^ "GYSGT Byron Grant Highland". The Virtual Wall. Retrieved 7 May 2013.
  6. ^ "On an Overgrown Path: Philippa Schuyler - genius or genetic experiment?". Overgrown Path. Retrieved 7 May 2013.
  7. ^ "Ellison, Robert". Newseum.org. Retrieved 7 May 2013.
  8. ^ "Aircraft accident Fairchild C-123K Provider 54-0590 Khe Sanh". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 7 May 2013.
  9. ^ a b c d "In Memory of the Cholon Four". Epoch Times. Retrieved 7 May 2013.
  10. ^ "Requiem - the death of Charles Eggleston". The Digital Journalist. Retrieved 7 May 2013.
  11. ^ a b Bass, Thomas A. (2009). The Spy Who Loved Us: The Vietnam War and Pham Xuan An's Dangerous Game. Public Affairs. p. 187. ISBN 9781586484095.
  12. ^ a b Page, Tim (1999). Derailed in Uncle Ho's Victory Garden: Return to Vietnam and Cambodia. Scribner. p. 171. ISBN 9780684860244.
  13. ^ "Requiem - Kyoichi Sawada". The Digital Journalist. Retrieved 7 May 2013.
  14. ^ a b c d Pyle, Richard (((March 22)), ((1998))). "Laos 1971 Crash Scene Searched". Associated press. Retrieved 2006-06-04. ((cite news)): Check date values in: |date= (help)
  15. ^ "Newspaperman believes service training kept him from being killed". The Star-News (Marine Edition). Retrieved 7 May 2013.
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