MEYER, LEWIS E.
Name: Lewis E. Meyer
Rank/Branch: Civilian
Unit:
Date of Birth: 3 August 1933 ( San Diego, CA)
Home City of Record:
Date of Loss: 01 February 1968
Country of Loss: South Vietnam
Loss Coordinates: 162730N 1073600E
Status (in 1973): Returnee
Category:
Aircraft/Vehicle/Ground: Ground
Other Personnel in Incident: Gostas, Theodore USA (released); Henderson,
Alexander CIV (released); Daves, Gary CIV (released); Olsen, Robert CIV
(Released); Page, Russell CIV (Released); Rander, Donald USA (Released);
Rushton, Thomas CIV (Released); Spalding, Richard CIV (Released); Stark,
Lawrence CIV attached to USN (Released); Willis, Charles CIV (Released).
Source: Compiled by P.O.W. NETWORK 14 February 1997 from one or more of the
following: raw data from U.S. Government agency sources and information
provided by Ret. Major Gostas and Lawrence Stark. 2023
REMARKS: 730327 Released by PRG
SYNOPSIS:
Meyer was working in the northern part of South Vietnam during TET '68 when
Hue came under seige. Ret. Major Ted Gostas (135th MIBN PROV) recalls being
trapped without his radio in the city, and being unable to warn hundreds of
5th Marines as they walked into an ambush and their death. Government
records indicate Meyer and 11 others were captured soon afterward. Ten of
those were civilians working with the Vietnamese.
Lewis Meyer was held captive for 4 1/2 years prior to his release on March
27, 1973.
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Lewis Meyer resided in the Aleutian Islands until his return to California.
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Civilian gets his medals
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