Andrew W. Irvine

Andrew W. Irvine, a Vietnam veteran who lived in Sag Harbor for 25 years before moving to Southampton, died on Monday at Good Shepherd Hospice in Port Jefferson. He was 74.

Mr. Irvine had Parkinson’s disease as a result of the Agent Orange he was exposed to while serving in Vietnam, his longtime friend, Joanne Stratton of Sag Harbor, said. He collapsed in his house last week after experiencing a hemorrhagic stroke.

Known as Andy, Mr. Irvine was “a kind, good-hearted man” who was a big Nascar fan and loved classical music, Ms. Stratton said. Over the past year, organizations like Suffolk County Homefront, a veterans organization, and Jordan’s Initiative, in memory of Marine Lance Cpl. Jordan C. Haerter, a Sag Harbor native who died in Iraq in 2008, have stepped up to help Mr. Irvine, she added. Mr. Irvine served as an aircraft mechanic in the Army from 1963 to 1966.

He worked as a car mechanic at Peter Glennon Buick-Cadillac in Southampton until 1998, and was then a long-distance truck driver. He was also a Perdue chicken farmer for a time when he lived in Maryland before returning to the South Fork and settling in Sag Harbor’s Mount Misery neighborhood. He retired for good in 2002.

He was born in Mineola to Samuel M. Irvine and the former Gertrude Merritt on Oct. 30, 1940. He grew up in Albertson, but his family spent summers in Southampton.

Mr. Irvine had no family. His son, Andrew, died of childhood leukemia about 25 years ago at the age of 10. After his divorce, he moved to his family’s old summer house on Milton Road in Southampton.

A sister, Dorothy Clark, died before him. Her husband, Bob Clark, who lived next door to him on Milton Road and now lives in the Hamptons Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing, survives.

Visiting hours will be at the Yardley and Pino Funeral Home in Sag Harbor on Saturday starting at 10 a.m. A funeral service will take place there at 11 a.m. Mr. Irvine will be buried next to his son at Oakland Cemetery in the village. Lunch in his honor will be served at the Chelberg-Battle Post of the American Legion in Sag Harbor, which made him a member last year.

Memorial donations have been suggested to Suffolk County Homefront, P.O. Box 1, Ridge 11961, or Jordan’s Initiative, P.O. Box 2848, Sag Harbor 11963.