An Cosantóir

An Cosantóir June 2018 www.dfmagazine.ie 56 | A LIST OF DEFENCE FORCES PERSONNEL WHO DIED WHILE SERVING ON A MISSION OUTSIDE OF IRELAND coNGo (oNuc) Ser No. Rank Name o/Seas unit home unit Date Deceased 1 80322 Coy Sgt Felix Grant DSM 33 Inf Bn 12 Inf Bn 3 October 1960 2 0.4350 Col Justin MacCarthy HQ ONUC HQ 4 W Bde 27 October 1960 3 0.7500 Lt Kevin Gleeson 33 Inf Bn 2 Fd Engr Coy 8 November 1960 4 804359 Sgt Hugh F Gaynor 33 Inf Bn 2 Mot Sqn 8 November 1960 5 804234 Cpl Liam Dougan 33 Inf Bn 5 Inf Bn 8 November 1960 6 809839 Cpl Peter Kelly 33 Inf Bn 5 Inf Bn 8 November 1960 7 804536 Pte Matthew Farrell 33 Inf Bn 2 Hosp Coy 8 November 1960 8 808548 Tpr Thomas Fennell 33 Inf Bn 2 Mot Sqn 8 November 1960 9 806115 Tpr Anthony Browne MMG 33 Inf Bn 2 Mot Sqn 8 November 1960 10 802900 Pte Michael McGuinn 33 Inf Bn 2 Fd Engr Coy 8 November 1960 11 810242 Pte Gerard Killeen 33 Inf Bn CTD (E) 8 November 1960 12 806785 Pte Patrick H Davis 33 Inf Bn 2 Fd Engr Coy 10 November 1960 13 806855 Cpl Liam Kelly 33 Inf Bn 3 Inf Bn 24 December 1960 14 422602 Cpl Luke Kelly HQ ONUC Dep MPC 30 August 1961 15 808594 Tpr Edward Gaffney 35 Inf Bn 1 Armd Car Sqn 13 September 1961 16 810552 Tpr Patrick Mullins 35 Inf Bn 1 Mot Sqn 15 September 1961 17 806566 Cpl Michael Nolan 35 Inf Bn 1 Tk Sqn 15 September 1961 18 810568 Cpl Michael Fallon 36 Inf Bn 5 Inf Bn 8 December 1961 19 87410 Sgt Patrick Mulcahy DSM 36 Inf Bn 6 Fd Arty Regt 16 December 1961 20 0.7776 Lt Patrick A Riordan DSM 36 Inf Bn 6 Fd Arty Regt 16 December 1961 21 812054 Pte Andrew Wickham 36 Inf Bn 2 Inf Bn 16 December 1961 22 87602 Cpl John Geoghegan 36 Inf Bn 15 Inf Bn 28 December 1961 23 811849 Cpl John Power 36 Inf Bn CTD (E) 7 March 1962 24 0.6769 Capt Ronald L McCann HQ ONUC CTD (W) 9 May 1962 25 80453 Cpl John McGrath 38 Inf Bn 4 Hosp Coy 21 March 1963 26 0.6536 Comdt Thomas McMahon HQ ONUC HQ W Comd 28 September 1963 cyPRuS (uNficyP) 27 87770 Coy Sgt Wallace J MacAuley 41 Inf Bn Dep MPC 22 February 1965 28 99093 Sgt John Hamill 4 Inf Gp Dep Cav 7 April 1965 29 815345 Cpl William Hetherington 4 Inf Gp CTD (E) 19 July 1965 30 405923 Coy Sgt James Ryan 6 Inf Gp 5 Inf Bn 4 October 1966 31 0.7778 Capt Christopher McNamara 9 Inf Gp 2 Grn S&T Coy 16 January 1968 32 808052 Cpl James Fagan 10 Inf Gp 2 Mot Sqn 10 June 1968 33 0.8006 Lt Ronald B Byrne 11 Inf Gp 4 Inf Bn 28 October 1968 34 817553 Tpr Michael Kennedy 12 Inf Gp 1 Armd Car Sqn 1 July 1969 35 818694 Pte Brendan Cummins 20 Inf Gp 2 Inf Bn 11 June 1971 miDDle eaSt (uNtSo) 36 0.6374 Comdt Thomas P Wickham UNTSO HQ C Comd 7 June 1967 37 0.8181 Comdt Michael Nestor UNTSO Mil Col 25 September 1982 lebaNoN (uNifil) 38 836707 Pte Gerard Moon 43 Inf Bn 4 Inf Bn 25 August 1978 39 829745 Cpl Thomas Reynolds 44 Inf Bn 2 Grn S&T Coy 24 December 1978 40 839148 Pte Philip Grogan UNIFIL HQ 28 Inf Bn 10 July 1979 41 830497 Pte Stephen Griffin 46 Inf Bn 1 Fd Engr Coy 16 April 1980 42 830818 Pte Thomas Barrett 46 Inf Bn 4 Inf Bn 18 April 1980 43 828468 Pte Derek Smallhorne 46 Inf Bn 4 Inf Bn 18 April 1980

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