Portrait of 1202185 Trooper (Tpr) Vivian Albert French, 1st Forward Delivery Troop, B Squadron, 3 ...

Accession Number P09554.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Digital print
Maker Unknown
Date made August 1969
Conflict Vietnam, 1962-1975
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright unknown - orphaned work

Description

Portrait of 1202185 Trooper (Tpr) Vivian Albert French, 1st Forward Delivery Troop, B Squadron, 3 Cavalry Regiment. Tpr French deployed to Vietnam on 27 August 1969. On 8 December 1969, Tpr French was killed instantly when the Armoured Personnel Carrier (APC) he was driving hit an enemy landmine in the May Tao mountains; he was 19 years old.