List of journalists killed and missing in the Vietnam War explained

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

Year and date killed/missing Surname, First name(s) Nationality Agency Operation/Battle Name Location Circumstances of loss Burial
1954, May 25 American Freelance, Magnum Freelance, Magnum Killed after stepping on land mine, while accompanying French Troops.
1955, April 29 American US Economic Cooperation Administration Office of the Special Representative Killed while documenting the First Battle of Saigon on board a plane which was shot down[3]
1965 Tran, Pham North Vietnamese 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 Vietnam Killed when the A-1 he was travelling in collided with another A-1 and crashed[7]
1965, October 10 South Vietnamese Associated Press 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 American 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 Killed in a Vietcong ambush while on patrol with Company C, 1st Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment
1966, February 14 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 Killed by mortar fire with a unit of the 1st Cavalry Division.[12]
1967, February 21 American Killed when he stepped on a Bouncing Betty mine while on patrol with the 1st Battalion 9th Marines.[13]
1967, February 21 American Operation Chinook II Vietnam, Street Without Joy Killed by a Bouncing Betty mine while on patrol with the 1st Battalion 9th Marines.[14]
1967, March 11 Gallagher, Ronald American Freelancer Vietnam, Killed by friendly artillery fire[15]
1967, May 9 American Killed when the UH-1 helicopter she was travelling in crashed in the sea near Da Nang[16]
1968, March 4 Ellison, Robert American Vietnam, Khe SanhOne 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 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.
1968, May 5 Laramy, Ronald English May Offensive Vietnam, Cholon Killed when the Mini Moke he was travelling in was ambushed by Viet Cong forces.
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.
1968, May 6 American May Offensive Killed by Viet Cong fire.[21]
1968, May 8 Ezcurra, Ignacio Argentinian May Offensive Vietnam, Saigon Killed by Viet Cong fire[22]
1968, August 22 Sakai, Tatsuo Japanese Vietnam, Saigon Killed when his apartment was hit in a Viet Cong rocket attack[23]
1969 Saint-Paul, Alain French Agence France-Presse Killed during a PAVN rocket attack[24]
1969, April 18 Savanuck, Paul American Vietnam Killed during an engagement between PAVN forces and an American armored unit[25]
1969, August 16 Noonan, Oliver American Associated Press 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 French 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.[28] Missing.
1970, April 6 Hannoteaux, Guy French Cambodian Campaign Cambodia, Svay Rieng Province Captured by the PAVN while driving down Highway One.Missing.
1970, April 6 Kusaka, Akira Japanese Cambodian Campaign Cambodia, Svay Rieng Province Captured by the PAVN while driving down Highway One.Missing.
1970, April 6 Takagi, Yujiro Japanese Fuji Television Cambodian Campaign Cambodia, Svay Rieng Province Captured by the PAVN while driving down Highway One.Missing.
1970, April 6 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 American Cambodian Campaign Cambodia, Svay Rieng Province Captured while motorcycling down Highway One, believed to have been executed by the Khmer Rouge in 1971 Missing.
1970, April 8 Bellendorf, Dieter German Cambodian Campaign Cambodia, Svay Rieng Province Captured by the PAVN while driving down Highway One.Missing.
1970, April 8 Gensluckner, George Austrian Freelance Cambodian Campaign Cambodia, Svay Rieng Province Captured by the PAVN while driving down Highway One.Missing.
1970, April 16 Mettler, Willy Swiss Freelance Cambodian Campaign Captured by the PAVN.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 Cambodian Campaign Cambodia, Kampot Province Captured by the PAVN.Missing.
1970, May 29 Nakajima, Teruo Japanese Cambodian Campaign Cambodia Captured by the PAVN.Missing.
1970, May 31 Colne, Roger French NBC Cambodian Campaign Captured by the PAVN and believed to have been executed the following day.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.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.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.Missing.
1970, May 31 Lekhi, Ramnik Indian CBS Cambodian Campaign Cambodia, Takéo Province Believed to have been killed by a PAVN RPGMissing.
1970, May 31 Miller, Gerry American CBS Cambodian Campaign Cambodia, Takéo Province Believed to have been killed by a PAVN RPGMissing.
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.Missing.
1970, May 31 Syvertsen, George American CBS Cambodian Campaign Cambodia, Takéo Province Believed to have been killed by a PAVN RPGMissing.
1970, July 7 French Killed by the PAVNKilled
1970, July 7 Meyer, Raymond French ORTF Cambodia, Siem Reap Province Killed by the PAVNMissing.
1970, September 18 Duynisveld, Johannes Dutch Freelance Cambodia Captured by the Khmer Rouge.Missing.
1970, October 28 Frosch, Frank American UPI Cambodia, Takéo Province Killed by the Khmer Rouge/PAVN[31] Killed
1970, October 28 Japanese UPI Cambodia, Takéo Province Killed by the Khmer Rouge/PAVN[32] Killed
1971, February 10 British 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 French/Vietnamese 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 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 Remains identified in 2002 and interred at the Newseum on 3 April 2008.
1971, February 10 Shimamoto, Keizaburo Japanese 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 Remains identified in 2002 and interred at the Newseum on 3 April 2008.
1971, February 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 American Newsweek Killed by a grenade during an ambush by PAVN forces[35] Body not recovered
1972, July 21 Kai Faye, Sam Singaporean Second Battle of Quảng Trị Vietnam, Quảng Trị Killed by PAVN forces when he strayed into the frontline area
1972, July 21 Khoo, Terry Singaporean Second Battle of Quảng Trị Vietnam, Quảng Trị Killed by PAVN forces when he strayed into the frontline area
1972, July 22 Hebert, Gerard UPI Second Battle of Quảng Trị Vietnam, Quảng Trị Killed by a stray artillery round[36]
1972, JulyGill, James Vietnam, near Da Nang Captured and executed by PAVN forces[37]
1973, March 19 Wakabayashi, Hiroo Japanese Freelancer [38]
1973, November 29 Japanese Freelancer Killed by Khmer Rouge while trying to photograph the Angkor temples[39]
1973, December 10Trinh, Dinh, Hy North Vietnamese Vietnam, Da Nang [40]
1974Nguyen, 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]
1974Vu, Hung Dung North Vietnamese Vietnam, Cần Thơ Killed when his unit was ambushed[43]
1974 Ishiyama, Koki Japanese Captured by Khmer Rouge on 10 October 1973. Died of disease/malnutrition[44]
1974, circa April 14 French Cambodian War Cambodia, Stung Treng Province Captured after crossing border from Laos in attempt to interview Khmer Rouge, executed by Khmer RougeMissing[45]
1974, circa April 14 Manivanh Laotian Cambodian War Cambodia, Stung Treng Province Captured after crossing border from Laos in attempt to interview Khmer Rouge, executed by Khmer RougeMissing[46]
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 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

Notes and References

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  2. News: Dangerous Assignment . American Journalism Review . December 2005 – January 2006 . 2013-11-06 . Sherry. Ricchiardi.
  3. Smith . Amanda L. . 2011 . Providing access to the Everette Dixie Reese prints and negatives at the George Eastman House . Toronto Metropolitan University . 10.32920/ryerson.14646189.v1 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210921004134/https://digital.library.ryerson.ca/islandora/object/RULA:2070/datastream/OBJ/download/Providing_Access_To_The_Everette_Dixie_Reese_Prints_And_Negatives_At_The_George_Eastman_House.pdf . September 21, 2021 . 760216447 . December 4, 2021. thesis .
  4. Web site: Tranh Pham. The Journalists Memorial. 7 May 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304045036/http://thejournalistsmemorial.rsf.org/?pays_deces=22&date_mini=1960&date_maxi=1969&debut_articles_recents=60&id_article=1546. 4 March 2016. dead.
  5. Web site: Van Thiel, Pieter. Newseum.org. 7 May 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20041028022910/http://www.newseum.org/scripts/Journalist/Detail.asp?PhotoID=653. 28 October 2004. dead. dmy-all.
  6. Web site: Rose, Jerry. Newseum.org. 7 May 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20110114063318/http://www.newseum.org/scripts/Journalist/Detail.asp?PhotoID=634. 14 January 2011. dead. dmy-all.
  7. Web site: Kolenberg, Bernard. Newseum.org. 7 May 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20041028022907/http://www.newseum.org/scripts/Journalist/Detail.asp?PhotoID=600. 28 October 2004. dead. dmy-all.
  8. Web site: Requiem – Huynh Thanh My. The Digital Journalist. 7 May 2013.
  9. Book: Johnson, Charles. U.S. Marines in Vietnam: The Landing and the Buildup, 1965 (Marine Corps Vietnam Operational Historical Series). Marine Corps Association. 1978. 978-0-89839-259-3. 93–96.
  10. News: Toh Yong Chuan . Eye on Singapore: The story of Charles, Terry and Sam . Straits Times . August 10, 2013 . 2013-11-06 .
  11. Web site: The Vietnam War Through Singaporean Eyes. National Library Singapore. 21 January 2020. 4 January 2022.
  12. Web site: Castan, Sam. Newseum.org. 7 May 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20041028022840/http://www.newseum.org/scripts/Journalist/Detail.asp?PhotoID=560. 28 October 2004. dead. dmy-all.
  13. News: Bernard Fall Killed in Vietnam By a Mine while With Marines. Apple. R.W.. February 21, 1967. The New York Times. 1, 4. 2008-10-25.
  14. Web site: GYSGT Byron Grant Highland. The Virtual Wall. 7 May 2013.
  15. Web site: Gallagher, Ronald. Newseum.org. 7 May 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20041028022753/http://www.newseum.org/scripts/Journalist/Detail.asp?PhotoID=583. 28 October 2004. dead. dmy-all.
  16. News: International. United Press. 10 May 1967. Philippa Schuyler, Pianist, Dies In Crash of a Copter in Vietnam; U.S. Pianist Killed in Vietnam Crash. en-US. The New York Times. 0362-4331.
  17. Web site: Ellison, Robert. Newseum.org. 7 May 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20110114062804/http://www.newseum.org/scripts/Journalist/Detail.asp?PhotoID=574. 14 January 2011. dead. dmy-all.
  18. Web site: Aircraft accident Fairchild C-123K Provider 54-0590 Khe Sanh. Aviation Safety Network. 7 May 2013.
  19. Web site: Mine, Hiromishi. Newseum.org. 7 May 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20041028022648/http://www.newseum.org/scripts/Journalist/Detail.asp?PhotoID=727. 28 October 2004. dead. dmy-all.
  20. News: Peterson . Chris . Australian Journalist Relives the Hell of Fleeing for His Life in a Viet Cong Ambush . 23 November 2020 . Los Angeles Times . 16 September 1990.
  21. Web site: Requiem – the death of Charles Eggleston. The Digital Journalist. 7 May 2013.
  22. Web site: Ezcurra, Ignacio. Newseum.org. 7 May 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20110825235117/http://www.newseum.org/scripts/Journalist/Detail.asp?PhotoID=1038. 25 August 2011. dead. dmy-all.
  23. Web site: Sakai, Tatsuo. Newseum.org.
  24. Web site: Saint-Paul, Alain. Newseum.org. 7 May 2013.
  25. Web site: Savanuck, Paul. Newseum.org. 7 May 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20041028022438/http://www.newseum.org/scripts/Journalist/Detail.asp?PhotoID=637. 28 October 2004. dead. dmy-all.
  26. Web site: Noonan, Oliver. Newseum.org. 7 May 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20041028022446/http://www.newseum.org/scripts/Journalist/Detail.asp?PhotoID=617. 28 October 2004. dead. dmy-all.
  27. Book: Volkert, Kurt. A Cambodian Odyssey: and The Deaths of 25 Journalists . iUniverse. 2001. 9780595166060. 187.
  28. Web site: Arpin, Claude. POW Network. 7 May 2013.
  29. Book: Bass, Thomas A.. The Spy Who Loved Us: The Vietnam War and Pham Xuan An's Dangerous Game. Public Affairs. 2009. 9781586484095. 187. registration.
  30. Book: Page, Tim. Derailed in Uncle Ho's Victory Garden: Return to Vietnam and Cambodia. Scribner. 1999. 9780684860244. 171.
  31. News: 2 More Newsmen Slain by Reds in Cambodia. The New York Times. 30 October 1970.
  32. Web site: Requiem – Kyoichi Sawada. The Digital Journalist. 7 May 2013.
  33. News: Pyle. Richard. March 22, 1998. Laos 1971 Crash Scene Searched. Associated press. 2006-06-04.
  34. Web site: Sully, François. Newseum.org. 7 May 2013. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120302222718/http://www.newseum.org/scripts/Journalist/Detail.asp?PhotoID=818. 2 March 2012.
  35. Web site: Newspaperman believes service training kept him from being killed. The Star-News (Marine Edition). 7 May 2013.
  36. Web site: Hebert, Gerard. Newseum.org. 7 May 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20110113185429/http://www.newseum.org/scripts/Journalist/Detail.asp?PhotoID=817. 13 January 2011. dead. dmy-all.
  37. Book: Hammond, William. The U.S. Army in Vietnam Public Affairs The Military and the Media 1968-1973. U.S. Army Center of Military History. 1996. 978-0160486968. 564.
  38. Web site: Wakabayashi, Hiroo. Newseum.org. 7 May 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20110114060135/http://www.newseum.org/scripts/Journalist/Detail.asp?PhotoID=962. 14 January 2011. dead. dmy-all.
  39. Book: Becker, Elizabeth. You Don't Belong Here How Three Women Rewrote the Story of War. Public Affairs Books. 2021. 9781541768208.
  40. Web site: Dinh Hy Trinh. The Journalists Memorial. 7 May 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304102223/http://thejournalistsmemorial.rsf.org/?pays_deces=22&id_article=1671. 4 March 2016. dead.
  41. Web site: Man Hieu Nguyen. The Journalists Memorial. 7 May 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20141210062016/http://thejournalistsmemorial.rsf.org/?pays_deces=22. 10 December 2014. dead.
  42. Web site: Vu Van Giang. Newseum.org. 7 May 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20110113175857/http://www.newseum.org/scripts/Journalist/Detail.asp?PhotoID=1915. 13 January 2011. dead. dmy-all.
  43. Web site: Hung Dung Vu. The Journalists Memorial. 7 May 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304070850/http://thejournalistsmemorial.rsf.org/?pays_deces=22&id_article=1674. 4 March 2016. dead.
  44. News: The Phnom Penh Post. A wife's tribute to a "honest, sincere, journalist and person". Claire Knox. 15 February 2013.
  45. Web site: Journalists Memorial | Newseum .
  46. Web site: Marc Filloux .
  47. Web site: Van Vu Do. The Journalists Memorial. 7 May 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304043818/http://thejournalistsmemorial.rsf.org/?pays_deces=22&id_article=1691. 4 March 2016. dead.
  48. Web site: Leandri, Paul. Newseum.org. 7 May 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20110112214033/http://www.newseum.org/scripts/Journalist/Detail.asp?PhotoID=1112. 12 January 2011. dead. dmy-all.
  49. Web site: Vichith, Sou. Newseum.org. 7 May 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20110114061512/http://www.newseum.org/scripts/Journalist/Detail.asp?PhotoID=819. 14 January 2011. dead. dmy-all.
  50. Web site: Laurent, Michel. Newseum.org. 7 May 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20110113180611/http://www.newseum.org/scripts/Journalist/Detail.asp?PhotoID=733. 13 January 2011. dead. dmy-all.

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