List of journalists killed and missing in the Vietnam War

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/missingSurname, First name(s)NationalityAgencyOperation/Battle NameLocationCircumstances of lossBurial
1955, April 29Reese, Everette DixieAmericanUS Economic Cooperation Administration Office of the Special RepresentativeVietnam, SaigonKilled while documenting the First Battle of Saigon on board a plane which was shot down[3]
1965Tran, PhamNorth VietnameseNhân DânVietnamKilled when his unit engaged US and ARVN forces[4]
1965, May 27Van Thiel, PieterAmericanFreelancerVietnam, Mekong DeltaCaptured by the Viet Cong during an ARVN attack, he was tortured then executed[5]
1965, September 16Rose, JerryAmericanFreelancerVietnamKilled when the plane he was travelling in crashed[6]
1965, October 2Kolenberg, BernardAmericanAssociated PressVietnamKilled when the A-1 he was travelling in collided with another A-1 and crashed[7]
1965, October 10Huynh, Thanh MySouth VietnameseAssociated PressVietnam, Cần ThơWounded 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 4Chapelle, DickeyAmericanOperation Black FerretVietnam, Quảng Ngãi ProvinceKilled while on patrol with a United States Marine Corps unit when a landmine fragment severed her carotid artery.[9]
1966, February 14Chellappah, CharlesSingaporeanAssociated PressVietnam,Killed by a claymore mine while on patrol with US forces.[10][11]
1966, May 21Castan, SamAmericanLook magazineVietnam, Landing Zone HerefordKilled by mortar fire with a unit of the 1st Cavalry Division.[12]
1967, February 21Fall, BernardAmericanOperation Chinook IIVietnam, Street Without JoyKilled when he stepped on a Bouncing Betty mine while on patrol with the 1st Battalion 9th Marines.[13]
1967, February 21Highland, ByronAmericanHeadquarters Company, 3rd Marine DivisionOperation Chinook IIVietnam, Street Without JoyKilled by a Bouncing Betty mine while on patrol with the 1st Battalion 9th Marines.[13][14]
1967, March 11Gallagher, RonaldAmericanFreelancerVietnam,Killed by friendly artillery fire[15]
1967, May 9Schuyler, PhilippaAmericanManchester Union LeaderVietnam, Da NangKilled when the UH-1 helicopter she was travelling in crashed in the sea near Da Nang, she survived the crash but drowned before she could be rescued
1968, March 4Ellison, RobertAmericanNewsweekBattle of Khe SanhVietnam, 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.[16][17]
1968, March 5Mine, HiromishiJapaneseUPIVietnamKilled when the armored personnel carrier he was travelling in hit a land mine[18]
1968, May 5Birch, MichaelAustralianAustralian Associated PressMay OffensiveVietnam, CholonKilled when the Mini Moke he was travelling in was ambushed by Viet Cong forces.[19]
1968, May 5Cantwell, JohnAustralianTime magazineMay OffensiveVietnam, CholonKilled when the Mini Moke he was travelling in was ambushed by Viet Cong forces.[19]
1968, May 5Laramy, RonaldEnglishReutersMay OffensiveVietnam, CholonKilled when the Mini Moke he was travelling in was ambushed by Viet Cong forces.[19]
1968, May 5Piggott, BruceAustralianReutersMay OffensiveVietnam, CholonKilled when the Mini Moke he was travelling in was ambushed by Viet Cong forces.[19]
1968, May 6Eggleston, CharlesAmericanUPIMay OffensiveVietnam, Tan Son NhutKilled by Viet Cong fire.[20]
1968, May 8Ezcurra, IgnacioArgentinianLa NaciónMay OffensiveVietnam, SaigonKilled by Viet Cong fire[21]
1968, August 22Sakai, TatsuoJapaneseNihon Keizai ShimbunVietnam, SaigonKilled when his apartment was hit in a Viet Cong rocket attack[22]
1969Saint-Paul, AlainFrenchAgence France-PresseVietnam, Duc LapKilled during a PAVN rocket attack[23]
1969, April 18Savanuck, PaulAmericanStars and StripesVietnamKilled during an engagement between PAVN forces and an American armored unit[24]
1969, August 16Noonan, OliverAmericanAssociated PressVietnam, Quảng Nam ProvinceKilled when the UH-1H #66-16303 he was travelling in was hit by enemy fire and crashed killing all on board[25]
1970, April 5Caron, GillesFrenchGammaCambodian CampaignCambodia, Svay Rieng ProvinceCaptured by the PAVN while driving down Highway One.[26]Missing.
1970, April 6Arpin, ClaudeFrenchNewsweekCambodian CampaignCambodia, Svay Rieng ProvinceCaptured by the PAVN while driving down Highway One.[26][27]Missing.
1970, April 6Hannoteaux, GuyFrenchL'ExpressCambodian CampaignCambodia, Svay Rieng ProvinceCaptured by the PAVN while driving down Highway One.[26]Missing.
1970, April 6Kusaka, AkiraJapaneseFuji TelevisionCambodian CampaignCambodia, Svay Rieng ProvinceCaptured by the PAVN while driving down Highway One.[26]Missing.
1970, April 6Takagi, YujiroJapaneseFuji TelevisionCambodian CampaignCambodia, Svay Rieng ProvinceCaptured by the PAVN while driving down Highway One.[26]Missing.
1970, April 6Flynn, SeanAmericanTime magazineCambodian CampaignCambodia, Svay Rieng ProvinceCaptured while motorcycling down Highway One, believed to have been executed by the Khmer Rouge in 1971[28][29]Missing.
1970, April 6Stone, DanaAmericanCBS NewsCambodian CampaignCambodia, Svay Rieng ProvinceCaptured while motorcycling down Highway One, believed to have been executed by the Khmer Rouge in 1971[28][29]Missing.
1970, April 8Bellendorf, DieterGermanNBCCambodian CampaignCambodia, Svay Rieng ProvinceCaptured by the PAVN while driving down Highway One.[26]Missing.
1970, April 8Gensluckner, GeorgeAustrianFreelanceCambodian CampaignCambodia, Svay Rieng ProvinceCaptured by the PAVN while driving down Highway One.[26]Missing.
1970, April 16Mettler, WillySwissFreelanceCambodian CampaignCambodia, Kampot ProvinceCaptured by the PAVN.[26]Missing.
1970, May 10Yanagisawa, TakeshiJapaneseNippon DenpaCambodian CampaignCambodia, Kampot ProvinceCaptured by the PAVN.[26]Missing.
1970, May 29Nakajima, TerroJapaneseOmori ResearchCambodian CampaignCambodiaCaptured by the PAVN.[26]Missing.
1970, May 31Colne, RogerFrenchNBCCambodian CampaignCambodia, Takéo ProvinceCaptured by the PAVN and believed to have been executed the following day.[26]Missing.
1970, May 31Hangen, WellesAmericanNBCCambodian CampaignCambodia, Takéo ProvinceCaptured by the PAVN and believed to have been executed the following day.[26]Missing.
1970, May 31Waku, YoshinikoJapaneseNBCCambodian CampaignCambodia, Takéo ProvinceCaptured by the PAVN and believed to have been executed the following day.[26]Missing.
1970, May 31Ishii, TomoharoJapaneseCBSCambodian CampaignCambodia, Takéo ProvinceCaptured by the PAVN and believed to have been executed the following day.[26]Missing.
1970, May 31Lekhi, RamnikIndianCBSCambodian CampaignCambodia, Takéo ProvinceBelieved to have been killed by a PAVN RPG[26]Missing.
1970, May 31Miller, GerryAmericanCBSCambodian CampaignCambodia, Takéo ProvinceBelieved to have been killed by a PAVN RPG[26]Missing.
1970, May 31Sakai, KojiroJapaneseCBSCambodian CampaignCambodia, Takéo ProvinceCaptured by the PAVN and believed to have been executed the following day.[26]Missing.
1970, May 31Syvertsen, GeorgeAmericanCBSCambodian CampaignCambodia, Takéo ProvinceBelieved to have been killed by a PAVN RPG[26]Missing.
1970, July 7Puissesseau, RenéFrenchORTFCambodia, Siem Reap ProvinceKilled by the PAVN[26]Killed
1970, July 7Meyer, RaymondFrenchORTFCambodia, Siem Reap ProvinceKilled by the PAVN[26]Missing.
1970, September 18Duynisveld, JohannesDutchFreelanceCambodiaCaptured by the Khmer Rouge.[26]Missing.
1970, October 28Frosch, FrankAmericanUPICambodia, Takéo ProvinceKilled by the Khmer Rouge/PAVN[30]Killed
1970, October 28Sawada, KyoichiJapaneseUPICambodia, Takéo ProvinceKilled by the Khmer Rouge/PAVN[31][30]Killed
1971, February 10Burrows, LarryBritishLife magazineOperation Lam Son 719Laos, XépônPassenger on ARVN UH-1H helicopter shot down by PAVN anti-aircraft fire over the Ho Chi Minh Trail[32]Remains identified in 2002 and interred at the Newseum on 3 April 2008.
1971, February 10Huet, HenriFrench/VietnameseAssociated PressOperation Lam Son 719Laos, XépônPassenger on ARVN UH-1H helicopter shot down by PAVN anti-aircraft fire over the Ho Chi Minh Trail[32]Remains identified in 2002 and interred at the Newseum on 3 April 2008.
1971, February 10Potter, KentAmericanUPIOperation Lam Son 719Laos, XépônPassenger on ARVN UH-1H helicopter shot down by PAVN anti-aircraft fire over the Ho Chi Minh Trail[32]Remains identified in 2002 and interred at the Newseum on 3 April 2008.
1971, February 10Shimamoto, KeizaburoJapaneseNewsweekOperation Lam Son 719Laos, XépônPassenger on ARVN UH-1H helicopter shot down by PAVN anti-aircraft fire over the Ho Chi Minh Trail[32]Remains identified in 2002 and interred at the Newseum on 3 April 2008.
1971, FebruarySully, FrançoisFrenchNewsweekOperation Lam Son 719Laos, XépônPassenger 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[33]Buried at Mạc Đĩnh Chi Cemetery
1972, July 12Shimkin, AlexanderAmericanNewsweekSecond Battle of Quảng TrịVietnam, Quảng TrịKilled by a grenade during an ambush by PAVN forces[34]Body not recovered
1972, July 21Kai Faye, SamSingaporeanABCSecond Battle of Quảng TrịVietnam, Quảng TrịKilled by PAVN forces when he strayed into the frontline area[10][11]
1972, July 21Khoo, TerrySingaporeanABCSecond Battle of Quảng TrịVietnam, Quảng TrịKilled by PAVN forces when he strayed into the frontline area[10][11]
1972, July 22Hebert, GerardUPISecond Battle of Quảng TrịVietnam, Quảng TrịKilled by a stray artillery round[35]
1972, JulyGill, JamesThe Daily TelegraphEaster OffensiveVietnam, near Da NangCaptured and executed by PAVN forces[36]
1973, March 19Wakabayashi, HirooJapaneseFreelancerVietnam, Buôn Ma Thuột[37]
1973, November 29Ichinose, TaizoJapaneseFreelancerCambodia, AngkorKilled by Khmer Rouge while trying to photograph the Angkor temples[38]: 225 
1973, December 10Trinh, Dinh, HyNorth VietnameseVietnam News AgencyVietnam, Da Nang[39]
1974Nguyen, Man HieuSouth VietnameseFreelancerVietnam[40]
1974Vu, Van GiangSouth VietnameseFreelancerVietnam, Quảng Ngãi ProvinceKilled while photographing an ARVN attack[41]
1974Vu, Hung DungNorth VietnameseLiberation News AgencyVietnam, Cần ThơKilled when his unit was ambushed[42]
1974Ishiyama, KokiJapaneseKyodo NewsCambodia, OudongCaptured by Khmer Rouge on 10 October 1973. Died of disease/malnutrition[38]: 225–6 [43]
1974, circa April 14Filloux, MarcFrenchAgence France-PresseCambodian WarCambodia, Stung Treng ProvinceCaptured after crossing border from Laos in attempt to interview Khmer Rouge, executed by Khmer RougeMissing[44]
1974, circa April 14ManivanhLaotianAgence France-PresseCambodian WarCambodia, Stung Treng ProvinceCaptured after crossing border from Laos in attempt to interview Khmer Rouge, executed by Khmer RougeMissing[45]
1974, December 11Do, Van VuSouth VietnameseAssociated PressVietnam, Chuong Thien ProvinceKilled while covering combat in the Mekong Delta[46]
1975, March 13Leandri, PaulFrenchAgence France-PresseFall of SaigonVietnam, SaigonKilled by Saigon police[47]
1975, April 17Vichith, SouCambodianGammaCambodia, Phnom PenhDied in the Killing Fields[48]
1975, April 28Laurent, MichelFrenchGammaFall of SaigonVietnam, SaigonKilled while trying to rescue another correspondent[49]

See also

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