Irish who lost their lives with U.S. Forces, Vietnam
Sgt Patrick Christopher ‘Christy’ Nevin, Army Date & Place of Birth:25 April 1937, Claremorris, Co Mayo, Ireland
Home of Record:East Chicago, Indiana, United States of America
Date & Place of Death:
23 February 1966, SVN Vietnam Memorial:Panel 5 East, Line 67
L/Cpl Paul Ivan Maher, Marine Corps Date & Place of Birth:06 July 1945, Dublin, Ireland
Home of Record:
Hauppauge, New York
Date & Place of Death:
05 March 1966, Quang Nam
Vietnam Memorial:
Panel 5 East, Line 120
SP4 Timothy Daly, Army Date & Place of Birth:21 July 1945, Limerick, Ireland
Home of Record:
Edgewater, New Jersey
Date & Place of Death:
03 February 1967, Svn
Vietnam Memorial:
Panel 14 East, Line 111
L/Cpl Bernard Anthony Freyne, Marine Corps Date & Place of Birth:13 May1945, Ballaghadereen, Co Roscommon, Ireland
Home of Record:
Woodside, New York
Date & Place of Death:
10 March 1967, Da Nang
Vietnam Memorial:
Panel 16 East, Line 52
SP4 Michael Francis Smith, Army Date & Place of Birth:25 November 1945, Ballyconnell, Co Cavan, Ireland
Home of Record:
New York, New York
Date & Place of Death:
18 March 1967, Tay Ninh
Vietnam Memorial:
Panel 16 East, Line 107
SP4 John Coyle, Army Date & Place of Birth:03 January1946, Kilcogy (*), Co Cavan, Ireland
Home of Record:
Hackensack, New Jersey
Date & Place of Death:
29 March 1967, SVN
(*Born Birmingham, England of Irish-born parents, prior to emigration to US at c.4y.o.)Vietnam Memorial:
Panel 17 East, Line 67
Cpl Patrick ‘Bob’ Gallagher, Marine Corps Date & Place of Birth:01 February 1944, Ballyhaunis, Co Mayo, Ireland
Home of Record:
Lynbrook, New York
Date & Place of Death:
30 March 1967, Quang Nam
Vietnam Memorial:
Panel 17 East, Line 71
Sgt/FC Edward Michael Howell, Army, Date & Place of Birth:21 June 1937, Dublin, Ireland
Home of Record:
Cleveland, Ohio
Date & Place of Death:
17 April 1967, Long An
Vietnam Memorial:
Panel 18 East, Line 41
PFC Maurice Joseph O’Callaghan, Marine Corps Date & Place of Birth:27 December 1946, Dublin, Ireland
Home of Record:
Iselin, New Jersey
Date & Place of Death:
21 April 1967, Quang Nam
Vietnam Memorial:
Panel 18 East, Line 62
Cpl Terence Patrick FitzGerald, Army Date & Place of Birth:London, England (*)
Home of Record:
California
Date & Place of Death:
26 May 1967,
(*Father born Kerry, Mother born Galway)Vietnam Memorial:
Panel 20 East, Line 114
PFC John Patrick Collopy, Army Date & Place of Birth:06 July 1946, Limerick, Ireland
Home of Record:
Dorchester, Massachusetts
Date & Place of Death:
15 July 1967, Tay Ninh
Vietnam Memorial:
Panel 23 East, Line 74
SP4 Edward Anthony Scully, Army Date & Place of Birth:25 June 1945, Cork, Ireland
Home of Record:
West Point, New York
Date & Place of Death:
13 November 1967, Kontum
Vietnam Memorial:
Panel 29 East, Line 92
Capt Edmond J. Landers, Army Date & Place of Birth:07 July 1937, Oola, Co Limerick, Ireland
Home of Record:
Vacaville, California
Date & Place of Death:
15 May 1968, Gia Dinh
Vietnam Memorial:
Panel 60 East, Line 24
1/Lt Anthony Paul O’Reilly, Army Date & Place of Birth:01 June 1938, Galway, Ireland
Home of Record:
Kettering, Ohio
Date & Place of Death:
03 June 1968, Kien Tuong
Vietnam Memorial:
Panel 60 West, Line 3
Second Lieutenant Pamela Dorothy Donovan, Army Nurse Corps Date & Place of Birth:25 March 1942, Wirral, Merseyside, UK (*)
Home of Record:
Brighton, Massachusetts
Date & Place of Death:
08 July 1968, Gia Dinh
(*Irish-born parents and siblings, Irish citizen and Irish educated until emigration to US)Vietnam Memorial:
Panel 53 West, Line 43
Cpl Philip Sean Bancroft, Marine Corps Date & Place of Birth:11 June 1949, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Home of Record:
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Date & Place of Death:
30 September 1968, Quang Nam
Vietnam Memorial:
Panel 42 West, Line 45
SP4 Brian Francis McCarthy, Army Date & Place of Birth:5 October 1945, New York (*)
Home of Record:
New York City, New York
Date & Place of Death:
15 March 1969, Binh Long
(*Born in U.S. to Irish Father from Cork)Vietnam Memorial:
Panel 29 West, Line 47
Cpl Sean T. Doran, Army Date & Place of Birth:09 October 1948, Dublin, Ireland
Home of Record:
Lennox, California
Date & Place of Death:
28 March 1969, Tay Ninh
Vietnam Memorial:
Panel 28 West, Line 68
L/Cpl Peter Mary Nee, Marine Corps Date & Place of Birth:15 August 1947, Connemara, Co Galway, Ireland
Home of Record:
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Date & Place of Death:
31 March 1969, Quang Nam
Vietnam Memorial:
Panel 28 West, Line 99
1/Lt John Cecil Driver, Army Date & Place of Birth:16 May 1936, Ringsend, Dublin, Ireland
Home of Record:
Dublin, Ireland
Date & Place of Death:
17 April 1969, Thua Tien
Vietnam Memorial:
Panel 27 West, Line 99
RD3 Martin S Doherty,Navy Date & Place of Birth:8 April 1949, New York
Home of Record:
New York
Date & Place of Death:
4 Dec 1969, Vietnam
Vietnam Memorial:
Panel 15 West Line 23
(*Mother born Galway, buried in Kilkerrin Cemetery, Galway alongside her)
Sgt Arthur Fisher, US Marine Corps Date & Place of Birth:31 July 1942, Portrush, Co Antrim, Ireland
Home of Record:
North Tonawanda, New York
Date & Place of Death:
20 Nov 1970, Quang Nam
Vietnam Memorial:
Panel 6 West, Line 73
(Buried in St Pancras, Islington and Finchley Cemetery, London)
Irishmen Killed Serving With Australians
Rifleman George Nagle, 9th Royal Australian Regiment Date & Place of Birth:1946, Clonmel, Co Tipperary, Ireland
Home of Record:
Australia
Date & Place of Death:
06 January 1969, Phuoc Tuy Province
Driver/Signalman David G. Doyle, 3 Cavalry Regiment Date & Place of Birth:1950, Dublin, Ireland
Home of Record:
New South Wales, Australia
Date & Place of Death:
31 July 1970
Sgt Robert Fleming, 1st RAR and 1st Australian Reinforcement Regiment Date & Place of Birth:1946, Northern Ireland
Home of Record:
Australia
Date & Place of Death:
09 November1970, South Vietnam
Sgt Thomas Birnie, 2nd Royal Australian RegimentDate & Place of Birth:
1940, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Home of Record:
Australia
Date & Place of Death:
25 March 1971
Irishman in Canadian uniform
Sgt. James Sylvester Byrne, Royal Canadian Army Service CorpsDate & Place of Birth:
17 April 1929, Dublin
Current Status:
Missing, 18 Oct 1965
Plane was lost over Laos
Irishman Working For US Aid
Michael Murphy, Office of Public Safety, US AID, Advisor to South Vietnamese Police Field Forces,Date & Place of Birth:
9 Feb 1928, Cork City
Home of Record:
Alaska (on leave from Alaska State Troopers)
Date & Place of Death:
23 May 1968, SVN
Irishman Working For Air America
Patrick Factna McCarthy,
(Served with the Marines in Vietnam before joining Air America. Buried in St Patrick's Cemetery, Dunmanway, West Cork. Commemorated on Air America Memorial, University of Texas, Dallas, USA.)
Date & Place of Birth:
Dunmanway, Co Cork
Home of Record:
New York
Date & Place of Death:
7 Dec 1968, Laos
Valid as at July 2008