Deaths Overseas Cpl Fallon, Sgt Mulcahy, Lieut Riordan & Pte Wickham December 1961 – Congo

By PRO IUNVA In this article we remember the four peacekeepers from A Coy, 36 Inf Bn who were killed during combat operations in Elisabethville in the Congo during Dec 1961.  The main body of 36 Inf Bn arrived in the Congo between 5 and 24 Dec 1961 in twenty chalks transported by USAF in…