# List of Irish military casualties overseas

This is a list of Irish military personnel of the Defence Forces who have died while serving overseas.
Since the 1960s, 88 personnel (87 from the Irish Army and one from the Air Corps) have died in overseas deployments.
Fatalities have primarily occurred as part of United Nations peacekeeping missions, with 26 lives lost in the Congo under ONUC; 9 in Cyprus under UNFICYP; two in the Middle East under UNTSO; 47 in Lebanon under UNIFIL; one in East Timor under UNTAET; one in Liberia under UNMIL and two in Europe under the EU Nordic Battlegroup and EUMS.

## Irish Defence Forces Roll of Honour

| Surname | First Name | Service Number | Rank | Mission | Overseas Unit | Date of Death | Home Unit | Age |
| Grant | Felix | 80322 | Coy Sgt (DSM) | ONUC | 33 Inf | 3 October 1960 | 12 Inf Bn | |
| McCarthy | Justin | O.4350 | Col (DSM) | ONUC | HQ ONUC | 27 October 1960 | HQ 4 BDE | |
| Gleeson | Kevin | O.7500 | Lt | ONUC | 33 Inf Bn | 8 November 1960 | 2 FD COE | |
| Gaynor | Hugh | 804359 | Sgt | ONUC | 33 Inf Bn | 8 November 1960 | 2 Mot Sqn | |
| Kelly | Peter | 809839 | Cpl | ONUC | 33 Inf Bn | 8 November 1960 | 5 Inf Bn | |
| Dougan | Liam | 808234 | Cpl | ONUC | 33 Inf Bn | 8 November 1960 | 5 Inf Bn | |
| Farrell | Matthew | 804536 | Pte | ONUC | 33 Inf Bn | 8 November 1960 | 2 Hosp Coy | |
| Fennell | Thomas | 804548 | Tpr | ONUC | 33 Inf Bn | 8 November 1960 | 2 Mot Sqn | |
| Browne | Anthony | 806115 | Tpr (MMG) | ONUC | 33 Inf Bn | 8 November 1960 | 2 Mot Sqn | |
| McGuinn | Michael | 802900 | Pte | ONUC | 33 Inf Bn | 8 November 1960 | 2 FD COE | |
| Killeen | Gerard | 810242 | Pte | ONUC | 33 Inf Bn | 8 November 1960 | CTD (E) | |
| Davis | Patrick | 806785 | Pte | ONUC | 33 Inf Bn | 10 November 1960 | 2 FD COE | |
| Kelly | Liam | 806855 | Cpl | ONUC | 33 Inf Bn | 24 December 1960 | 3 Inf Bn | |
| Kelly | Luke | 422602 | Cpl | ONUC | HQ ONUC | 30 August 1961 | DEP MPC | |
| Gaffney | Edward | 808594 | Tpr | ONUC | 35 Inf Bn | 13 September 1961 | 1 ACS | |
| Mullins | Patrick | 810552 | Tpr | ONUC | 35 Inf Bn | 15 September 1961 | 1 Mot Sqn | |
| Nolan | Michael | 806566 | Cpl | ONUC | 35 Inf Bn | 15 September 1961 | 1 Tnk Sqn | |
| Fallon | Michael | 810568 | Cpl | ONUC | 36 Inf Bn | 8 December 1961 | 5 Inf Bn | |
| Mulcahy | Patrick | 87410 | Sgt (DSM) | ONUC | 36 Inf Bn | 16 December 1961 | 6 Fd Arty Regt | |
| Wickham | Andrew | 812054 | Pte (DSM) | ONUC | 36 Inf Bn | 16 December 1961 | 2 Inf Bn | |
| Riordan | Patrick | O.7776 | Lt | ONUC | 36 Inf Bn | 16 December 1961 | 5 Inf Bn | |
| Geoghegan | John | 87602 | Cpl | ONUC | 36 Inf Bn | 28 December 1961 | 15 Inf Bn | |
| Power | John | 811849 | Cpl | ONUC | 36 Inf Bn | 7 March 1962 | CTD (E) | |
| McCann | Ronald | O.6769 | Capt | ONUC | HQ ONUC | 9 May 1962 | CTD (W) | |
| McGrath | John | 80453 | Cpl | ONUC | 38 Inf Bn | 21 March 1963 | 4 Hosp Coy | |
| McMahon | Thomas | O.6536 | Comdt | ONUC | HQ ONUC | 28 September 1963 | HQ W | |
| MacAuley | Wallace | 87770 | Coy Sgt | UNFICYP | 41 Inf Bn | 22 February 1965 | DEP MPC | |
| Hamill | John | 99093 | Sgt | UNFICYP | 4 Inf Gp | 7 April 1965 | Dep Cav | |
| Hetherington | Willam | 815345 | Cpl | UNFICYP | 4 Inf Gp | 19 July 1965 | CTD (E) | |
| Ryan | James | 405923 | Coy Sgt | UNFICYP | 6 Inf Gp | 4 October 1966 | 5 Inf Bn | |
| McNamara | Christoper | O.7778 | Capt | UNFICYP | 9 Inf Gp | 16 January 1968 | 2 Grn S&T Coy | |
| Fagan | James | 808052 | Cpl | UNFICYP | 10 Inf Gp | 10 June 1968 | 2 Mot Sqn | |
| Byrne | Ronald | O.8006 | Lt | UNFICYP | 11 Inf Gp | 28 October 1968 | 4 Inf Bn | |
| Kennedy | Michael | 817553 | Tpr | UNFICYP | 12 Inf Gp | 1 July 1969 | 1 ACS | |
| Cummins | Brendan | 818694 | Pte | UNFICYP | 20 Inf Gp | 11 June 1971 | 2 Inf Bn | |
| Wickham | Thomas | O.6374 | Comdt | UNTSO | | 7 June 1967 | HQ C Comd | |
| Nestor | Michael | O.8181 | Comdt | UNTSO | | 25 September 1982 | Mil Col | 36 |
| Moon | Gerard | 836707 | Pte | UNIFIL | 43 Inf Bn | 25 August 1978 | 4 Inf Bn | 18 |
| Reynolds | Thomas | 829745 | Cpl | UNIFIL | 44 Inf Bn | 24 December 1978 | 2 Grn S&T Coy | 35 |
| Grogan | Philip | 839148 | Pte | UNIFIL | HQ UNIFIL | 10 July 1979 | 28 Inf Bn | 19 |
| Griffin | Stephen | 830497 | Pte | UNIFIL | 46 Inf Bn | 16 April 1980 | 1 Fd Engr Coy | 21 |
| Barrett | Thomas | 830818 | Pte | UNIFIL | 46 Inf Bn | 18 April 1980 | 4 Inf Bn | 30 |
| Smallhorne | Derek | 828468 | Pte | UNIFIL | 46 Inf Bn | 18 April 1980 | 5 Inf Bn | 31 |
| Yeates | Edward | 813376 | Sgt | UNIFIL | 47 Inf Bn | 31 May 1980 | 2 Mot Sqn | 43 |
| Duffy | Vincent | 841137 | Cpl | UNIFIL | 47 Inf Bn | 18 October 1980 | 6 Fd Sig Coy | 37 |
| Marshall | John | 838549 | Pte | UNIFIL | 48 Inf Bn | 17 December 1980 | 6 Fd S&T Coy | 20 |
| Martin | James | 815518 | Coy Sgt | UNIFIL | 3 Ir Comp | 9 February 1981 | 4 Grn MP Coy | 37 |
| Seoighe | Caoimhín | 841579 | Pte | UNIFIL | 48 Inf Bn | 27 April 1981 | 1 Cn Cois (1 Inf Bn) | 20 |
| Doherty | Hugh | 840638 | Pte | UNIFIL | 49 Inf BN | 27 April 1981 | 28 Inf Bn | 20 |
| Byrne | Niall | 837731 | Pte | UNIFIL | 49 Inf Bn | 22 June 1981 | 6 Inf Bn | 21 |
| Hodges | Gerard | 826828 | Pte | UNIFIL | 50 Inf Bn | 20 March 1982 | CTD (S) | 33 |
| Burke | Peter | 843152 | Pte | UNIFIL | 51 Inf Bn | 27 October 1982 | 5 Inf Bn | 20 |
| Morrow | Gregory | 841689 | Cpl | UNIFIL | 52 Inf Bn | 27 October 1982 | 2 Inf Bn | 20 |
| Murphy | Thomas | 843886 | Pte | UNIFIL | 52 Inf Bn | 27 October 1982 | 2 Inf Bn | 19 |
| Murray | George | 843587 | Cpl | UNIFIL | 55 Inf Bn | 9 October 1984 | 2 Grn MP Coy | 21 |
| Fogarty | Paul | 844963 | Tpr | UNIFIL | 59 Inf Bn | 20 July 1986 | 1 Tnk Sqn | 23 |
| Murphy | Aonghus | O.9222 | Lt | UNIFIL | 59 Inf Bn | 21 August 1986 | 12 Inf Bn | 25 |
| O'Brien | William | 850413 | Pte | UNIFIL | 60 Inf Bn | 6 December 1986 | 6 Inf Bn | 25 |
| McLoughlin | Dermot | 848100 | Cpl | UNIFIL | 60 Inf Bn | 10 January 1987 | 28 Inf Bn | 33 |
| Fitzgerald | John | 830670 | RSM | UNIFIL | 15 Ir Comp | 24 February 1987 | 1 Fd Arty Regt | 47 |
| Bolger | George | 828854 | Cpl | UNIFIL | 61 Inf Bn | 29 August 1987 | 12 Inf Bn | 34 |
| Cullen | Paul | 851307 | Gnr | UNIFIL | 62 Inf Bn | 17 March 1988 | 2 Fd Arty Regt | 20 |
| Wright | Patrick | 848545 | Pte | UNIFIL | 63 Inf Bn | 21 August 1988 | 27 Inf Bn | 47 |
| McNeela | Michael | 851275 | Pte | UNIFIL | 64 Inf Bn | 24 February 1989 | 27 Inf Bn | 21 |
| Heneghan | Fintan | 844701 | Cpl | UNIFIL | 64 Inf Bn | 21 March 1989 | 1 Cn Cois (1 Inf Bn) | 29 |
| Walsh | Thomas | 844789 | Pte | UNIFIL | 64 Inf Bn | 21 March 1989 | 28 Inf Bn | 29 |
| Armstrong | Mannix | 843237 | Pte | UNIFIL | 64 Inf Bn | 21 March 1989 | 28 Inf Bn | 26 |
| Forrester | Charles | 837612 | Sgt | UNIFIL | 65 Inf Bn | 21 May 1989 | 2 Fd Arty Regt | 37 |
| O'Hanlon | Michael | O.8527 | Comdt | UNIFIL | 66 Inf Bn | 21 November 1989 | HQ C Comd | 39 |
| McCarthy | Michael | 848020 | Cpl | UNIFIL | 70 Inf Bn | 15 November 1991 | 4 Inf Bn | 33 |
| Ward | Peter | 843715 | Cpl | UNIFIL | 71 Inf Bn | 29 September 1992 | 6 Inf Bn | 29 |
| Tynan | Martin | 842626 | Cpl | UNIFIL | 72 Inf Bn | 13 December 1992 | DEP MPC | 30 |
| Stokes | Kieran | 830851 | CQMS | UNIFIL | 28 Ir Comp | 14 June 1993 | Mil Col | 39 |
| O'Connor | Stephen | 848554 | Armn | UNIFIL | 73 Inf Bn | 3 October 1993 | Admin Wing AC | 32 |
| Lynch | John | 846385 | Sgt | UNIFIL | 36 Ir Comp | 6 August 1997 | HQ C Comd | 34 |
| Dowling | Michael | 851719 | Cpl | UNIFIL | 83 Inf Bn | 16 September 1998 | 30 Inf Bn | 31 |
| Barrett | Kevin | 856952 | Pte | UNIFIL | 84 Inf Bn | 18 February 1999 | 28 Inf Bn | 20 |
| Kedian | Billy | 856310 | Pte | UNIFIL | 85 Inf Bn | 31 May 1999 | 1 Cn Cois (1 Inf Bn) | 21 |
| Campbell | Jonathan | 854526 | Tpr | UNIFIL | 85 Inf Bn | 5 September 1999 | 4 Cav Sqn | 28 |
| Deere | Declan | 857259 | Pte | UNIFIL | 86 Inf Bn | 14 February 2000 | 3 Inf Bn | 21 |
| Fitzpatrick | Brendan | 857331 | Pte | UNIFIL | 86 Inf Bn | 14 February 2000 | 3 Inf Bn | 19 |
| Lawlor | Matthew | 857266 | Pte | UNIFIL | 86 Inf Bn | 14 February 2000 | 3 Inf Bn | 23 |
| Murphy | Jonathan | 857271 | Pte | UNIFIL | 86 Inf Bn | 14 February 2000 | 3 Inf Bn | 21 |
| Ó Flaithearta | Peadar | 858175 | Pte | UNTAET | 8 Ircon | 15 April 2002 | 1 Cn Cois (1 Inf Bn) | 21 |
| Mooney | Derek | | Sgt | UNMIL | 90 Inf Bn | 27 November 2003 | ARW | 33 |
| Delaney | Paul | O.8862 | Lt Col | EU/NBG | J5 Branch | 23 July 2007 | 4 W Bde | |
| Griffin | John ‘Jack’ | O.9611 | Lt Col | EUMS | | 31 October 2015 | J2 Branch | 47 |
| Rooney | Seán | 869674 | Pte | UNIFIL | 121 Inf Bn | 14 December 2022 | 27 Inf Bn | 24 |

## Fatalities by mission

| Mission | Date of Deaths | No. of Deaths |
| ONUC (mission ended) | 1960–1963 | 26 |
| UNFICYP (involvement ended) | 1965–1971 | 9 |
| UNTSO (ongoing) | 1967–1982 | 2 |
| UNIFIL (ongoing) | 1978–2022 | 47 |
| UNTAET (mission ended) | 2002 | 1 |
| UNMIL (mission ended) | 2003 | 2 |
| EU Nordic Battlegroup (ongoing) | 2007 | 1 |