This article is a partial list of journalists killed and missing during the Vietnam War. The press freedom organization Reporters Without Borders tallied 63 journalists who died over a 20-year period ending in 1975 while covering the Vietnam War with the caveat that media workers were not typically counted at the time.[1][2]
List
[edit]Year and date killed/missing | Surname, First name(s) | Nationality | Agency | Operation/Battle Name | Location | Circumstances of loss | Burial |
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1954, May 25 | Capa, Robert | American | Freelance, Magnum Freelance, Magnum | Vietnam, Thái Bình Province | Killed after stepping on land mine, while accompanying French Troops. | ||
1955, April 29 | Reese, Everette Dixie | American | US Economic Cooperation Administration Office of the Special Representative | Vietnam, Saigon | Killed while documenting the First Battle of Saigon on board a plane which was shot down[3] | ||
1965 | Tran, Pham | North Vietnamese | Nhân Dân | Vietnam | Killed when his unit engaged US and ARVN forces[4] | ||
1965, May 27 | Van Thiel, Pieter | American | Freelancer | Vietnam, Mekong Delta | Captured by the Viet Cong during an ARVN attack, he was tortured then executed[5] | ||
1965, September 16 | Rose, Jerry | American | Freelancer | Vietnam | Killed when the plane he was travelling in crashed[6] | ||
1965, October 2 | Kolenberg, Bernard | American | Associated Press | Vietnam | Killed when the A-1 he was travelling in collided with another A-1 and crashed[7] | ||
1965, October 10 | Huynh, Thanh My | South Vietnamese | Associated Press | Vietnam, Cần Thơ | Wounded while photographing an engagement between the Viet Cong and Vietnamese Rangers, he was awaiting evacuation when the Viet Cong overran the landing zone and killed all the wounded[8] | ||
1965, November 4 | Chapelle, Dickey | American | Operation Black Ferret | Vietnam, Quảng Ngãi Province | Killed while on patrol with a United States Marine Corps unit when a landmine fragment severed her carotid artery.[9] | ||
1966, February 10 | Kermit H. Yoho | American | Department of the Army Special Photographic Office | Vietnam, Củ Chi district | Killed in a Vietcong ambush while on patrol with Company C, 1st Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment | ||
1966, February 14 | Chellapah, Charles | Singaporean | Associated Press | Vietnam, Củ Chi district | Killed by a claymore mine while on patrol with US forces.[10][11] | ||
1966, May 21 | Castan, Sam | American | Look magazine | Vietnam, Landing Zone Hereford | Killed by mortar fire with a unit of the 1st Cavalry Division.[12] | ||
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.[13] | ||
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.[13][14] | |
1967, March 11 | Gallagher, Ronald | American | Freelancer | Vietnam, | Killed by friendly artillery fire[15] | ||
1967, May 9 | Schuyler, Philippa | American | Manchester Union Leader | Vietnam, Da Nang | Killed when the UH-1 helicopter she was travelling in crashed in the sea near Da Nang[16] | ||
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 travelling in was shot down by People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) anti-aircraft fire.[17][18] | |
1968, March 5 | Mine, Hiromishi | Japanese | UPI | Vietnam | Killed when the armored personnel carrier he was travelling in hit a land mine[19] | ||
1968, May 5 | Michael Birch | Australian | Australian Associated Press | May Offensive | Vietnam, Cholon | Killed when the Mini Moke he was travelling in was ambushed by Viet Cong forces.[20] | |
1968, May 5 | Cantwell, John | Australian | Time magazine | May Offensive | Vietnam, Cholon | Killed when the Mini Moke he was travelling in was ambushed by Viet Cong forces.[20] | |
1968, May 5 | Laramy, Ronald | English | Reuters | May Offensive | Vietnam, Cholon | Killed when the Mini Moke he was travelling in was ambushed by Viet Cong forces.[20] | |
1968, May 5 | Piggott, Bruce | Australian | Reuters | May Offensive | Vietnam, Cholon | Killed when the Mini Moke he was travelling in was ambushed by Viet Cong forces.[20] | |
1968, May 6 | Eggleston, Charles | American | UPI | May Offensive | Vietnam, Tan Son Nhut | Killed by Viet Cong fire.[21] | |
1968, May 8 | Ezcurra, Ignacio | Argentinian | La Nación | May Offensive | Vietnam, Saigon | Killed by Viet Cong fire[22] | |
1968, August 22 | Sakai, Tatsuo | Japanese | Nihon Keizai Shimbun | Vietnam, Saigon | Killed when his apartment was hit in a Viet Cong rocket attack[23] | ||
1969 | Saint-Paul, Alain | French | Agence France-Presse | Vietnam, Duc Lap | Killed during a PAVN rocket attack[24] | ||
1969, April 18 | Savanuck, Paul | American | Stars and Stripes | Vietnam | Killed during an engagement between PAVN forces and an American armored unit[25] | ||
1969, August 16 | Noonan, Oliver | American | Associated Press | Vietnam, Quảng Nam Province | Killed when the UH-1H #66-16303 he was travelling in was hit by enemy fire and crashed killing all on board[26] | ||
1970, April 5 | Caron, Gilles | French | Gamma | Cambodian Campaign | Cambodia, Svay Rieng Province | Captured by the PAVN while driving down Highway One.[27] | Missing. |
1970, April 6 | Arpin, Claude | French | Newsweek | Cambodian Campaign | Cambodia, Svay Rieng Province | Captured by the PAVN while driving down Highway One.[27][28] | Missing. |
1970, April 6 | Hannoteaux, Guy | French | L'Express | Cambodian Campaign | Cambodia, Svay Rieng Province | Captured by the PAVN while driving down Highway One.[27] | Missing. |
1970, April 6 | Kusaka, Akira | Japanese | Fuji Television | Cambodian Campaign | Cambodia, Svay Rieng Province | Captured by the PAVN while driving down Highway One.[27] | Missing. |
1970, April 6 | Takagi, Yujiro | Japanese | Fuji Television | Cambodian Campaign | Cambodia, Svay Rieng Province | Captured by the PAVN while driving down Highway One.[27] | Missing. |
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[29][30] | 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[29][30] | Missing. |
1970, April 8 | Bellendorf, Dieter | German | NBC | Cambodian Campaign | Cambodia, Svay Rieng Province | Captured by the PAVN while driving down Highway One.[27] | Missing. |
1970, April 8 | Gensluckner, George | Austrian | Freelance | Cambodian Campaign | Cambodia, Svay Rieng Province | Captured by the PAVN while driving down Highway One.[27] | Missing. |
1970, April 16 | Mettler, Willy | Swiss | Freelance | Cambodian Campaign | Cambodia, Kampot Province | Captured by the PAVN.[27] | Missing. |
1970, May 9 | Childs, Christopher | American | 221st Signal Company (Pictorial) | Cambodian Campaign | near Pleiku | Passenger on 189th Assault Helicopter Company UH-1D helicopter shot down by PAVN anti-aircraft fire | |
1970, May 9 | Itri, Douglas | American | 221st Signal Company (Pictorial) | Cambodian Campaign | near Pleiku | Passenger on 189th Assault Helicopter Company UH-1D helicopter shot down by PAVN anti-aircraft fire | |
1970, May 9 | Lowe, Ronald | American | 221st Signal Company (Pictorial) | Cambodian Campaign | near Pleiku | Passenger on 189th Assault Helicopter Company UH-1D helicopter shot down by PAVN anti-aircraft fire | |
1970, May 9 | Paradis, Raymond | American | 221st Signal Company (Pictorial) | Cambodian Campaign | near Pleiku | Passenger on 189th Assault Helicopter Company UH-1D helicopter shot down by PAVN anti-aircraft fire | |
1970, May 9 | Young, Larry | American | 221st Signal Company (Pictorial) | Cambodian Campaign | near Pleiku | Passenger on 189th Assault Helicopter Company UH-1D helicopter shot down by PAVN anti-aircraft fire | |
1970, May 10 | Yanagisawa, Takeshi | Japanese | Nippon Denpa | Cambodian Campaign | Cambodia, Kampot Province | Captured by the PAVN.[27] | Missing. |
1970, May 29 | Nakajima, Teruo | Japanese | Omori Research | Cambodian Campaign | Cambodia | Captured by the PAVN.[27] | Missing. |
1970, May 31 | Colne, Roger | French | NBC | Cambodian Campaign | Cambodia, Takéo Province | Captured by the PAVN and believed to have been executed the following day.[27] | Missing. |
1970, May 31 | Hangen, Welles | American | NBC | Cambodian Campaign | Cambodia, Takéo Province | Captured by the PAVN and believed to have been executed the following day.[27] | Missing. |
1970, May 31 | Waku, Yoshihiko | Japanese | NBC | Cambodian Campaign | Cambodia, Takéo Province | Captured by the PAVN and believed to have been executed the following day.[27] | Missing. |
1970, May 31 | Ishii, Tomoharo | Japanese | CBS | Cambodian Campaign | Cambodia, Takéo Province | Captured by the PAVN and believed to have been executed the following day.[27] | Missing. |
1970, May 31 | Lekhi, Ramnik | Indian | CBS | Cambodian Campaign | Cambodia, Takéo Province | Believed to have been killed by a PAVN RPG[27] | Missing. |
1970, May 31 | Miller, Gerry | American | CBS | Cambodian Campaign | Cambodia, Takéo Province | Believed to have been killed by a PAVN RPG[27] | Missing. |
1970, May 31 | Sakai, Kojiro | Japanese | CBS | Cambodian Campaign | Cambodia, Takéo Province | Captured by the PAVN and believed to have been executed the following day.[27] | Missing. |
1970, May 31 | Syvertsen, George | American | CBS | Cambodian Campaign | Cambodia, Takéo Province | Believed to have been killed by a PAVN RPG[27] | Missing. |
1970, July 7 | Puissesseau, René | French | ORTF | Cambodia, Siem Reap Province | Killed by the PAVN[27] | Killed | |
1970, July 7 | Meyer, Raymond | French | ORTF | Cambodia, Siem Reap Province | Killed by the PAVN[27] | Missing. | |
1970, September 18 | Duynisveld, Johannes | Dutch | Freelance | Cambodia | Captured by the Khmer Rouge.[27] | Missing. | |
1970, October 28 | Frosch, Frank | American | UPI | Cambodia, Takéo Province | Killed by the Khmer Rouge/PAVN[31] | Killed | |
1970, October 28 | Sawada, Kyoichi | Japanese | UPI | Cambodia, Takéo Province | Killed by the Khmer Rouge/PAVN[32][31] | Killed | |
1971, February 10 | Burrows, Larry | British | Life magazine | Operation Lam Son 719 | Laos, Xépôn | Passenger on ARVN UH-1H helicopter shot down by PAVN anti-aircraft fire over the Ho Chi Minh Trail[33] | 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 PAVN anti-aircraft fire over the Ho Chi Minh Trail[33] | 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 PAVN anti-aircraft fire over the Ho Chi Minh Trail[33] | 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 PAVN anti-aircraft fire over the Ho Chi Minh Trail[33] | Remains identified in 2002 and interred at the Newseum on 3 April 2008. |
1971, February | Sully, François | French | Newsweek | Operation Lam Son 719 | Laos, Xépôn | Passenger on ARVN UH-1H command helicopter of General Đỗ Cao Trí shot down by PAVN anti-aircraft fire, he leapt from the burning wreckage but later died of injuries sustained in the fall[34] | Buried at Mạc Đĩnh Chi Cemetery |
1972, July 12 | Shimkin, Alexander | American | Newsweek | Second Battle of Quảng Trị | Vietnam, Quảng Trị | Killed by a grenade during an ambush by PAVN forces[35] | Body not recovered |
1972, July 21 | Kai Faye, Sam | Singaporean | ABC | Second Battle of Quảng Trị | Vietnam, Quảng Trị | Killed by PAVN forces when he strayed into the frontline area[10][11] | |
1972, July 21 | Khoo, Terry | Singaporean | ABC | Second Battle of Quảng Trị | Vietnam, Quảng Trị | Killed by PAVN forces when he strayed into the frontline area[10][11] | |
1972, July 22 | Hebert, Gerard | UPI | Second Battle of Quảng Trị | Vietnam, Quảng Trị | Killed by a stray artillery round[36] | ||
1972, July | Gill, James | The Daily Telegraph | Easter Offensive | Vietnam, near Da Nang | Captured and executed by PAVN forces[37] | ||
1973, March 19 | Wakabayashi, Hiroo | Japanese | Freelancer | Vietnam, Buôn Ma Thuột | [38] | ||
1973, November 29 | Ichinose, Taizo | Japanese | Freelancer | Cambodia, Angkor | Killed by Khmer Rouge while trying to photograph the Angkor temples[39]: 225 | ||
1973, December 10 | Trinh, Dinh, Hy | North Vietnamese | Vietnam News Agency | Vietnam, Da Nang | [40] | ||
1974 | Nguyen, Man Hieu | South Vietnamese | Freelancer | Vietnam | [41] | ||
1974 | Vu, Van Giang | South Vietnamese | Freelancer | Vietnam, Quảng Ngãi Province | Killed while photographing an ARVN attack[42] | ||
1974 | Vu, Hung Dung | North Vietnamese | Liberation News Agency | Vietnam, Cần Thơ | Killed when his unit was ambushed[43] | ||
1974 | Ishiyama, Koki | Japanese | Kyodo News | Cambodia, Oudong | Captured by Khmer Rouge on 10 October 1973. Died of disease/malnutrition[39]: 225–6 [44] | ||
1974, circa April 14 | Filloux, Marc | French | Agence France-Presse | Cambodian War | Cambodia, Stung Treng Province | Captured after crossing border from Laos in attempt to interview Khmer Rouge, executed by Khmer Rouge | Missing[45] |
1974, circa April 14 | Manivanh | Laotian | Agence France-Presse | Cambodian War | Cambodia, Stung Treng Province | Captured after crossing border from Laos in attempt to interview Khmer Rouge, executed by Khmer Rouge | Missing[46][circular reference] |
1974, December 11 | Do, Van Vu | South Vietnamese | Associated Press | Vietnam, Chuong Thien Province | Killed while covering combat in the Mekong Delta[47] | ||
1975, March 13 | Leandri, Paul | French | Agence France-Presse | Fall of Saigon | Vietnam, Saigon | Killed by Saigon police[48] | |
1975, April 17 | Vichith, Sou | Cambodian | Gamma | Cambodia, Phnom Penh | Died in the Killing Fields[49] | ||
1975, April 28 | Laurent, Michel | French | Gamma | Fall of Saigon | Vietnam, Saigon | Killed while trying to rescue another correspondent[50] |
See also
[edit]- List of United States servicemembers and civilians missing in action during the Vietnam War (1961–65)
- List of United States servicemembers and civilians missing in action during the Vietnam War (1966–67)
- List of United States servicemembers and civilians missing in action during the Vietnam War (1968–69)
- List of United States servicemembers and civilians missing in action during the Vietnam War (1970–71)
- List of United States servicemembers and civilians missing in action during the Vietnam War (1972–75)
- Vietnam War POW/MIA issue
- Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command
- Defense Prisoner of War/Missing Personnel Office
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