NEUENS, MARTIN JAMES

Name: Martin James Neuens
Rank/Branch: United States Air Force/O2
Unit:
Date of Birth: 31 May 1942
Home City of Record: Iron Mountain MI
Date of Loss: 12 August 1966
Country of Loss: North Vietnam
Loss Coordinates: 214900 North  1052800 East
Status (in 1973): Returnee
Category:
Aircraft/Vehicle/Ground: F105
Missions:
Other Personnel in Incident:
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Source: Compiled by P.O.W. NETWORK from one or more of the following: raw
data from U.S. Government agency sources, correspondence with POW/MIA
families, published sources, interviews.

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SOURCE: WE CAME HOME  copyright 1977
Captain and Mrs. Frederic A Wyatt (USNR Ret), Barbara Powers Wyatt, Editor
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MARTIN J. NEUENS
Captain - United States Air Force
Shot Down: August 12, 1966
Released: March 4, 1973
                       
Biographical data: Born - 31 May 1942.
Home  - Aurora, Wisconsin.
Marital  status - Single.
Education  - Bachelor of Science in Engineering from USAF Academy.
Family - Mother lives in Aurora, Wisconsin, sister lives in Trenton, Missouri,
         brother lives in Denver, Colorado. Sports - Football in high school
         and skiing in the USAF Academy.
Military career: USAF Academy - Class of 1964. Reese AFB, Lubbock, Texas -
         Pilot Training. Stead AFB, Reno, Nevada - Gunnery School F-105.
         Takhli AB, Thailand - F-105.
Shot down:  12 August 1966.
Repatriated: 4 March 1973.
Future plans: To stay in the Air Force and fly for a few years (A-7s at
         Davis-Monthan AFB, Tucson, Arizona) followed by a Masters Degree in
         Management.

December 1996
Martin Neuens retired from the United States Navy as a Colonel. He and his
wife Cindy reside in Arizona.