Deceased New Zealand RNZE Vietnam veterans

Since 1972, a significant number of personnel have passed away following their military service for the New Zealand Defence Force in South Vietnam during years from 1964 to 1972.

An official nominal roll was never maintained of personnel who served for New Zealand Defence Force during the Vietnam war. It was by chance a military officer intercepted pay books on their way to destruction. From those books the officer created an unofficial nominal roll listing those who served and with which sub-unit. Some names on the list are repeated within various sub-units where an individual served more than one tour of duty.

A count of all names determined that just over 3200 personnel actually served, given those with two or more tours of duty.

The purpose of this site is to list deceased New Zealand Defence Force personnel following their service in South Vietnam in order that a pattern of causation can be determined, such as deaths from cancers. The listing is on the basis of:

Service number
Last name
Initials
Age
Sub-unit
Reported cause of death [Causation]
Year of death
Other reported medical conditions

The list does include those killed in action during tour of duty in South Vietnam.

Post notice from below to advise us of a deceased New Zealand Vietnam veteran.

Advising of Deceased Veteran

There is a form for advising us of a deceased New Zealand Vietnam veteran. Click on the link below:
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Total served: 000	Total deceased: 09	Percentage deceased: 0.0%	Back to Index

No.	Service No.	Last Name	Init's	Year	Age	Sub-unit	Causation	Other Conditions
001	592052	Chapman	C B	1993	NK	RNZE Det RNZE	Heart Attack	NK
002	926005	Lay	E D	1989	NK	RNZE Det RNZIR	Accident	NK
003	Y37588	Milligan	R D	1988	NK	RNZE Det RNZE	NK	NK
004	35162	Retimana	P E	2006/font>	NK	198 WORKS RNZE	NK	NK
005	785751	Hughes	R J	2008	NK	HQ V Force RNZE	NK	NK
006	37919	Milliken	D R R	2008	68	RNZE Detachment	Cancer	NK
007	39424	Townsend	F. W.	2009		RNZE Detachment		NK
008	37228	Rawiri	F.	2009		RNZE Detachment		NK
009	39403	Harris	D. E.	2009	65	RNZE Detachment		NK

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