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George A. Constable, 32.
the Major died on May 23 1968 when his Cessna was shot down in Bein Hoa
Province about three days after returning from leave in Australia to
see his new baby daughter.
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Robert T. Convery, 22.
Lieutenant Bobby Convery was "fragged " by a grenade being thrown into
his tent at the Australian base at Nui Dat , at midnight November 23
1969, five days before he was due to return home and 17 days before his
23rd birthday. A private soldier from an Australian Battalion was
sentenced to life imprisonment for his murder.
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Kevin G. Conway, 35.
Attached to US Speacial Forces with the rank of temporary Warrant
Officer. He was killed in action at Nam Dong, Thua Thien Province. He
held the Medal of Knight of National Order of Vietnam , Cross of
Gallantry with Palm. Extra info suplied by Bob Coker----Ref. Kevin
Conway.
Kevin, as part of the AATTV, was attached to US Special Forces
Detachment
A-726 and was part of the 12 man det. under the command of Capt. Roger
Donlon. Camp Nam Dong was attacked at 0225hrs on 6 Jul 64 and Kevin was
KIA
at 0230 with a AK-47 rd to the head. The attackers numbered approx. 700
NVA/VC against the camp strength of approx. 300 local militia. Kevin
was
the first of our blokes to be KIA in our 10 yr involvement. Of the 12
men
of the Detachment 3 were KIA and 7 were WIA. Roger Donlon was awarded
the
Bronze Star after the battle and was later awarded the Medal of Honour,
the
first in Vietnam.( Supplied by Kerry Bulow) WO2 Kevin Conway also saw
service in the Korean War and with 1R.A.R in Malaya, he was also
awarded a Campaign Service Medal with clasp South Vietnam (this is a
very rare award only 68 issued, all to the AATTV); he also was awarded
the US Silver Star and the Vietnamese Armed Forces Honour Medal, 2nd
Class as well as the two you mention and the Meritorious Unit
Commendation and the Gallantry Cross Palm Unit Citation. Kevin Conway
(he was a Sgt at the time) was recommended for the Victoria Cross, but
this was denied as at that time, because Australia was not at war. The
Government saw fit not to award Conway with anything but the South
Vietnamese awarded him their highest award being the National Order of
Vietnam.
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Geoffrey J. Coombs,
22.He served with 1 Field Squadron, RAE as a sapper. He was killed by a
land mine in the Long Hai hills, Phuoc Tuy March 22 1968.
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Alan J. Cooper, 20. With
2 Platoon, A Company 3RAR in December 1967 . He was killed at 4am May
26 1968 when Fire Support Base Balmoral in Bien Hoe Province was
overrun by the enemy during the Tet Offensive.
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Russell J. Copeman, 20.
On January 18 1967 aged 19, he was shot at Phuoc Tuy, suffering
multiple internal wounds. He was evacuated to Australia but died on
April 10 1967.
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Brendan F. Coupe,23. The
corporal with 5RAR was killed during a motar attack 12 miles north of
Vung Tau, Phuoc Tuy, Province June 10 1966
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James G. Cox, 22. The
private with 7RAR died at 8 Field Ambulance of wounds received in Phuoc
Tuy Province June 26 1967.
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Raymond J. Cox, 22. The
private with 1RAR was killed in action in Phuoc Tuy Province December
28 1968. He had five or six weeks left to serve.
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Ronald E. Coxson, 27.
The lance corporal with 1RAR was killed in action at Ben Cat, Phuoc Tuy
Province, January 13 1966.
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Noel V. Crouch, 22. The
private with 7RAR was killed in action in Phuoc Tuy Province, May 21
1970.
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Bryan T. Cullen, 20. On
his first patrol outside the wire with D Company 7RAR Private Cullen
was fataly wounded and died November 27 1967
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Timothy J. Cutliffe, 21.
The private with 2RAR died of blast wounds an hour after treading on a
mine in Phuoc Tuy Province, August 25 1967.
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Anatoly Danilenko, 24.
The temporary Captian was killed in action in Quang Tri Province on
Anzac Day 1968. He was mentioned in dispatches. (posthumously)
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Gordon H. D'Antoine, 20.
The private with 5RAR was killed in action in Phuoc Tuy Province
October 18 1966
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Barry N. Davidson, 22.
Private Davidson died at the 24 US Evac Hospital at Long Binh of wounds
received during a contact in Long Khanh Province October 1 1968
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Rex W . Davies. 25. The
temporary Lieutenant with 7RAR was accidentally killed in Phuoc Tuy
when friendly patrols clashed October 27 1970
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Ronald E. Davies, 24. He
was working with 9RAR when he was killed on May 28 1969 in Phuoc Tuy.
According to a friend who knew him in Vietnam, Davies, who was often
attached to US and South Vietnamese Units, had become convinced that he
was going to be killed
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Walter J. Davidson, 27.
Serving in Vietnam as a medic with 8 Field Ambulance attached to 2RAR.
Private Davidson died at the 24 US Evac. Hospital at Long Binh January
27 1968 of wounds received in Bien Hoa Province.
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Ian K. Dawson, 24. The
corpral rifleman with 1RAR was killed in action in Bien Hoa Province
May 14 1968
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Peter Dawson, 24. The
corporal with 4RAR was killed in action in Phuoc Tuy Province on the
night of March 7 1969.
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Ramon J.P. Deed, 21. The
sapper with 1 Field Squadron died at the 24 US Evac. Hospital at Long
Binh May 10 1967 of wounds received during mine laying operations at
the Horseshoe, Phuoc Tuy, the previous day
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John W. Deanoy,22. The
private with 3RAR was killed in action in Bien Hoa Province at 3.30 am
May 26 1968.
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Thomas J. De Vries Van
Leeuwen, 22. The private with 3RAR was killed in action in Bien Hoa
Province at 1.15am February 18 1968
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Keith I. Dewar, 21.
Lance corporal Dewar had been attached to B Squadron 3 Cavalry Regiment
from October 1968 to January 1969 and had stayed on with that unit
without official orders. He was killed when an APC detonated a mine
during a land clearing operation in Phuoc Tuy june 24 1969.
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Stephen W. Dickson, 21.
Private Dickson, who had not long before transferred from a mortar
platoon with C Company 7RAR, was killed along with two others by a mine
in Phuoc Tuy June 6 1970
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John A. Doherty, 23. The
private with 3RAR was dead on arrival at the 93 US Evac. Hospital after
receiving head wounds during a mortar attack in Bien Hoa at 1.15am
February 18 1968, 13 days after his birthday.
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Barry C. Donald, 29.
Captian Donald was killed when he was shot down by enemy during a
training flight in Phuoc Tuy, 10.30pm December 3 1969.
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Denis J. Donnelly, 21.
The corporal with 104 Signals was killed at the Australian base, Nui
Dat, Phuoc Tuy, when he was cleaning a F1 sub-machine gun and looked
down the barrel on August 9 1967
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William W. Donnelly,19.
The private with 1RAR died at the US Evac. Hospital at Long Binh of a
head wound received during a contact in Phuoc Tuy November 24 1968
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David G. Doyle,19.The
driver/signalman with B Squadron 3 Cavalry Regiment was killed in Phuoc
Tuy on July 31 1970 when the vehicle in which he was riding backed up
to a helicopter and he was struck by the blades.
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Glenn A. Drabble,21. A
private with 11 Platoon D Company 6RAR, he was killed at the Battle of
Long Tan in Phuoc Tuy on August 18 1966.
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