Irish on the Wall: Irish Born killed in Viet nam

Irish Men and Women
Whose Names are on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial
(The Wall) in Washington, D.C.
www.irishonthewall.com

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(Here is a more printer friendly version if you want a list of names and panel numbers to take with you on your visit to the Wall.)

The War on Terrorism: Irish America's Heroes of 9/11

Patrick Quinn, Former POW, Spoke on the Occasion of the 50th Anniversary of the End of the Korean War. His very powerful speech is presented here In honor of . . .
National POW/MIA Recognition Day

Friday, September 19, 2003
(Observed each year on the third Friday of September)

NAME, RANK & BRANCH OF SERVICE & UNIT	DATE, PLACE OF BIRTH, & HOME OF RECORD	DATE & PLACE OF DEATH	PANEL/LINE
PHILIP SEAN BANCROFT CPL Marine Corps 1st Marine Div.	JUN 11, 1949 BELFAST Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA	SEP 30, 1968 Quang Nam Province	PANEL 42 WEST LINE 45 Also Remembered on the Allegheny County Memorial
JOHN PATRICK COLLOPY PFC Army 4th Infantry Div.	JUL 6, 1946 LIMERICK Dorchester, Massachusetts	JUL 15, 1967 Tay Ninh Province	PANEL 23 EAST LINE 74 Also Remembered on the Dorchester MA Memorial
JOHN COYLE SP4 Army 4th Infantry Div.	JAN 03, 1946 BIRMINGHAM (CAVAN) Born in England to Irish Parents Bronx NY	MAR 29, 1967 South Vietnam	PANEL 17 EAST LINE 67 Also Remembered on the New Jersey Memorial (Registered for the Selective Service in Hackensack, New Jersey)
TIMOTHY DALY SP4 Army 4th Infantry Div.	JUL 21, 1945 LIMERICK Edgewater, New Jersey	FEB 03, 1967 South Vietnam	PANEL 14 EAST LINE 111 Also Remembered on the New Jersey Memorial
PAMELA DOROTHY DONOVAN 2/LT Army Nurse Corps 85th Evac. Hosp.	MAR 25, 1942 WIRRAL, MERSEYSIDE, UK (DUBLIN) Born in England to Irish Parents Brighton, Massachusetts	JUL 08, 1968 Gia Dinh Province	PANEL 53 WEST LINE 43
SEAN TIMOTHY DORAN CPL Army 25th Infantry Div.	OCT 9, 1948 DUBLIN Lennox, California	MAR 28, 1969 Tay Ninh Province	PANEL 28 WEST LINE 68
JOHN CECIL DRIVER 1/LT Army 101st Airborne Div. First Tour, 1965-1966: SGT, Army 2nd Bn., 7th Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Div. John Driver's best friend: CYRIL RICHARD "Rick" RESCORLA 2/LT, Army 2nd Bn., 7th Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Div. Read a Tribute "The Real Heroes are Dead" "Rick Rescorla from Vietnam Magazine" 911 Remembered Video SIGN A PETITION for Rescorla to be awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom	MAY 16, 1936 DUBLIN Dublin 1939 HAYLE, CORNWALL, UK (a self-described "Celt from Cornwall" included here as an honorary Irishman) Morristown, New Jersey	APR 17, 1969 Thua Thien Province SEP 11, 2001 World Trade Center, New York	PANEL 27 WEST LINE 99 Also remembered on the Washington State Memorial Remembered for Heroism Vietnam, 1965-1966 New York City, 1993 New York City, 2001
TERENCE PATRICK FITZGERALD CPL Army 4th Infantry Div.	JUL 26, 1939 LONDON (KERRY & GALWAY) Born in England to Irish Parents San Francisco, California	May 26, 1967 Pleiku Province	PANEL 20 EAST LINE 114 Also remembered on the San Francisco Memorial
BERNARD ANTHONY FREYNE L/CPL Marine Corps 1st Marine Div.	MAY 13, 1945 BALLAGHADERREEN, ROSCOMMON Woodside, New York	MAR 10, 1967 Quang Nam Province	PANEL 16 EAST LINE 52
PATRICK GALLAGHER CPL Marine Corps 3rd Marine Div. Navy Cross	FEB 1, 1944 BALLYHAUNIS, MAYO Lynbrook, New York	MAR 30, 1967 Quang Nam Province	PANEL 17 EAST LINE 71 Also remembered by fellow Marine Frank G. Erwin Jr.
EDWARD MICHAEL HOWELL SFC ARMY 4th Infantry Div.	JUN 21, 1937 DUBLIN Cleveland, Ohio	APR 17, 1967 Long An Province	PANEL 18 EAST LINE 41
EDMOND JOHN LANDERS CPT Army 1st Infantry Div.	JUL 7, 1937 OOLA, LIMERICK Vacaville, California	MAY 15, 1968 Gia Dinh Province	PANEL 60 EAST LINE 24
BRIAN FRANCIS MCCARTHY SP4 Army 1st Infantry Div.	OCT 5, 1945 NEW YORK (CORK) Born in U.S. to Irish Father New York City, New York	MAR 15, 1969 Binh Long Province	PANEL 29 WEST LINE 47
PAUL IVAN MAHER L/CPL Marine Corps	JUL 6, 1945 DUBLIN Hauppauge, New York	MAR 05, 1966 Quang Nam Province	PANEL 5 EAST LINE 120
PETER MARY NEE L/CPL Marine Corps 1st Marine Div.	AUG 15, 1947 GALWAY/CONNERMARA Cambridge, Massachusetts	MAR 31, 1969 Quang Nam Province	PANEL 28 WEST LINE 99 Also Remembered on the Dorchester MA Memorial
PATRICK CHRISTOPHER NEVIN SGT Army 1st Cavalry Div.	APR 25, 1937 CLAREMORRIS, MAYO East Chicago, Indiana	FEB 23, 1966 South Vietnam	PANEL 5 EAST LINE 67
MAURICE JOSEPH O'CALLAGHAN PFC Marine Corps 1st Marine Div.	DEC 27, 1946 DUBLIN Iselin, New Jersey	APR 21, 1967 Quang Nam Province	PANEL 18 EAST LINE 62 Also Remembered on the New Jersey Memorial
ANTHONY PAUL O'REILLY 1/LT Army 9th Infantry Div. Distinguished Service Cross Citation	JUN 1, 1938 GALWAY Kettering, Ohio	JUN 03, 1968 Kien Tuong Province	PANEL 60 WEST LINE 3
EDWARD ANTHONY SCULLY SP4 Army 173rd Airborne Bde.	JUN 25, 1945 CORK West Point, New York	NOV 13, 1967 Kontum Province	PANEL 29 EAST LINE 92
MICHAEL FRANCIS SMITH SP4 Army 4th Infantry Div.	NOV 25, 1945 CAVAN New York City, New York	MAR 18, 1967 Tay Ninh Province	PANEL 16 EAST LINE 107
Anyone with information on other Irish casualties please contact cmic@irishonthewall.com			(Current as of Aug. 24, 2002 - Please copy with this date.)

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Danny Doyle sings "Rose of Saigon" and "Let Them In, St. Peter"
"Those Who Served" Essay Competition
Sponsored by The Irish Center of Washington, D.C. Memorial Day, 2001

	Irish Who Died in Vietnam While Serving with the Australian Forces

Sgt. Thomas Birnie 2nd Royal Australian Regiment Date & Place of Birth: 1940, Belfast, Northern Ireland Home of Record: Australia Date & Place of Death: 25 March 1971 Vietnam Memorial: Canberra, Australia	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 Vietnam Memorial: Canberra, Australia	Tpr David G. Doyle Driver/Signalman David G. Doyle, 3 Cavalry Regiment Date & Place of Birth: 1950, Dublin, Republic of Ireland Home of Record: New South Wales, Australia Date & Place of Death: 31 July 1970, Phuoc Tuy Vietnam Memorial: Canberra, Australia	Private George Nagle Rifleman George Nagle, 9th Royal Australian Regiment Date & Place of Birth: 1946, Clonmel, Co Tipperary, Republic of Ireland Home of Record: Australia Date & Place of Death: 06 January 1969, Phuoc Tuy Vietnam Memorial: Canberra, Australia
Artwork � Derek Walsh, from Touched by Fire and used with his kind permission.

IRISH CIVILIANS KILLED IN VIETNAM

Name, Occupation

Date, Place of Birth & U.S. Residence

Date, Circumstance & Place of Death

MICHAEL MURPHY

Office of Public Safety, USAID:

Advisor to South Vietnamese Police Field Forces

FEB 9, 1928

CASSIDYS AVENUE, CORK CITY

Anchorage, Alaska
(On leave from Alaska State Troopers)

MAY 23, 1968

Viet Cong ambush

Hau Nghia Province, South Vietnam

Commemorated on a Plaque at the U.S Department of State, Washington, D.C.

Biography and Scholarship Fund

Can You Help?... with more information on the names below, or with information on any other Vietnam casualties born in Ireland or born elsewhere to Irish parents? All information will be treated with sensitivity and respect for the dead and their grieving family members.

Allen Melvin Hutchinson

Date & Place of Birth: 27 June 1949; unk.
Rank & Service: Corporal, Marine Corps
Marital Status: Single
Religious Affiliation: Protestant
Home of Record: Auburn, Maine
Date & Place of Death: 05 Feb 1970, Thua Thien Province, Vietnam
Vietnam Memorial: Panel 14 West, Line 106

Clue: When The Traveling Wall was in Galway, April 1999, someone left flowers and a card for him. Identity of flower layer unknown Source: Declan Hughes, Irish Veterans Memorial Project, Dublin

Michael Terence Mulvaney
Date & Place of Birth: 06 January 1943; unk.
Rank & Service: SP4, Army
Marital Status: Single
Religious Affiliation: Roman Catholic
Home of Record: The Philippines.
Date & Place of Death: 01 April 1966,
Vietnam Vietnam Memorial: Panel 6 East, Line 72

Clue: Juxtaposition of 'Irish' name with Asian home of record suggests further investigation Source: Declan Hughes, Irish Veterans Memorial Project, Dublin

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