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Reid, Paul Michael

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Name: Reid, Paul Michael

Rank: Sergeant

Reg No: 20655E

Station: Burnfoot, Co. Donegal

Years of Service: 17

Background:
Paul Reid was born on 5th January, 1956 and came from Dundrum, Dublin, 14. He joined An Garda Síochána on 3rd August, 1977. He was allocated to Letterkenny on the 6th January, 1978. He was appointed to the Detective Branch on 28th February, 1982 and promoted to Sergeant on the 20th June, 1990. He was married to Rosemarie and has 3 children, Aoife, Connor and Eoghan who joined An Garda Síochána. Sergeant Reid also served at Carrigans, Milford, Buncrana, Burnfoot and Monaghan. While on secondment duty with the United Nations peacekeeping force UNPROFPR in Sarajevo in 1995 he was appointed Administrator for that area.

Circumstances:

On the 18th May, 1995, Sergeant Paul Reid and his colleague Garda Phillip Carr were returning to base from their peace monitoring duties at Sarajevo Airport.  As they travelled through Snipers Alley in the city, their official vehicle was struck by a snipers bullet which caused it to go out of control and crash, injuring Garda Phillip Carr and fatally injuring Sergeant Paul Reid.