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|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<ref name="Pyle"/> || 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<ref name="Pyle"/> || Remains identified in 2002 and interred at the Newseum on 3 April 2008.
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|1972, July 12 || [[Alexander D. Shimkin|Shimkin, Alexander]] || American || [[Newsweek]] || [[Easter Offensive#Huế and the counteroffensive|Easter Offensive]] || Vietnam, [[Quảng Trị]] || Killed by a grenade during an ambush by North Vietnamese forces<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1454&dat=19720717&id=qWg0AAAAIBAJ&sjid=xAkEAAAAIBAJ&pg=900,3890412 |title=Newspaperman believes service training kept him from being killed|work=[[Star-News|The Star-News]] (Marine Edition)|accessdate=7 May 2013}}</ref>|| Missing
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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 Standort 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]
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.[2]
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.[2][3]
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[4]
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.[5]
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.[5]
1968, May 5 Laramy, Ronald Englisch Reuters May Offensive Vietnam, Cholon Killed when the Mini Moke he was riding in was ambushed by Vietcong forces.[5]
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.[5]
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[6][7] 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[6][7] Missing.
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[8] 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[8] 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[8] 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[8] 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[9] 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. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "GYSGT Byron Grant Highland". The Virtual Wall. Retrieved 7 May 2013.
  4. ^ "On an Overgrown Path: Philippa Schuyler - genius or genetic experiment?". Overgrown Path. Retrieved 7 May 2013.
  5. ^ a b c d "In Memory of the Cholon Four". Epoch Times. Retrieved 7 May 2013.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ a b Page, Tim (1999). Derailed in Uncle Ho's Victory Garden: Return to Vietnam and Cambodia. Scribner. p. 171. ISBN 9780684860244.
  8. ^ 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)
  9. ^ "Newspaperman believes service training kept him from being killed". The Star-News (Marine Edition). Retrieved 7 May 2013.
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