caption death_date death_place religion birth_place nationality parents birth_date placeofburial known_for image article_title name death_cause
alan mccullough 28 may 2003 aged -lrb- 21 -rrb- newtownabbey , northern ireland presbyterian belfast , northern ireland northern irish william `` bucky '' mccullough barbara mccullough july 1981 roselawn cemetery , belfast ulster commander of its c company west belfast brigade defence association -lrb- uda -rrb- member and military alan mccullough uda.jpg alan mccullough -lrb- loyalist -rrb-
 alan mccullough two gunshot wounds to the head
alan mccullough -lrb- loyalist -rrb-

alan mccullough -lrb- july 1981 -- 28 may 2003 -rrb- was a leading northern irish loyalist and a member of the ulster defence association -lrb- uda -rrb- .
he served as the organisation 's military commander for the west belfast brigade 's notorious c company which was then headed by johnny adair .
mccullough was suspected of having organised the killing of south east antrim brigadier john gregg in february 2003 .
gregg was a rival of adair 's who enjoyed much popularity among loyalists on account of his attempted assassination of sinn féin president gerry adams in 1984 .
the killing provoked outrage amongst the other uda leaders and as a result adair and his associates , including mccullough , were forced to leave northern ireland .
mccullough returned to belfast in april 2003 but a month later he disappeared from his home in the company of two men .
on 5 june his body was found in a shallow grave in mallusk .
the uda claimed responsibility for the killing using their cover name ulster freedom fighters -lrb- uff -rrb- .
