CASE SYNOPSIS:  HIRONS, ALAN

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Name:				Alan Hirons
Rank/Branch:			Civilian	
Unit:				UPI Photographer
				
Date of Birth:						
Home City of Record:		
Date of Loss:			26 April 1972			
Country of Loss:		Cambodia	
Loss Coordinates:		112250N 1051451E	
Status (in 1973):		Prisoner of War	
Category:			1		
Aircraft/Vehicle/Ground:	Auto     
Other Personnel
In Incident:                    Terry Reynolds (captured)

REMARKS:

SYNOPSIS:  On April 26, 1972, UPI reporter Terry Reynolds and UPI photographer
Alan Hirons were driving on Route 1 in Prey Veng Province, Cambodia, when their
car was stopped and they were captured by communist troops active in the area.

Their auto was found at a road block with photo equipment still inside. Villa-
gers reported that both had been led away by the communists.  The following
month, a Viet Cong rallier stated that he had seen two caucasians equating to
Reynolds and Hirons.  Another report said that Reynolds was being held in
Sampan Loeu Hamlet, about 40 kilometers southeast of Phnom Penh in June 1972.

Hirons and Reynolds are two of some 20 international journalists who
disappeared in Southeast Asia and were forgotten when agreements were struck to
end our military involvement there.

Since Hirons was captured, over 8000 reports have been received that have
convinced many experts that hundreds of Americans and other caucasians are
still alive in Southeast Asia.   Hirons could be one of them.