Global InformationEleanor Ardel Vietti information
Eleanor Ardel Vietti | |
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| Born | November 5, 1927 Fort Worth, Texas, US |
| Disappeared | May 30, 1962 (aged 34) Vietnam |
| Status | Missing for 61 years, 11 months and 29 days |
| Occupation(s) | physician, missionary |
| Employer | Christian and Missionary Alliance (C&MA) |
Eleanor Ardel Vietti (November 5, 1927—disappeared May 30, 1962) was an American physician and missionary. She worked at the Buôn Ma Thuột leper colony where she was taken as a prisoner of war (POW) on May 30, 1962.[1] She was America’s first woman POW in Vietnam.[2] She is currently the only American woman unaccounted for from the Vietnam War.[3][4]
- ^ "Bio, Vietti, Eleanor A." POW Network. Retrieved 2018-01-04.
- ^ "Your Navy". Navy Times. May 28, 2024.
- ^ Fisher, Binnie (28 October 2001). "The last missing woman from the Vietnam War". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved 2018-01-04.
- ^ Lloyd, Alice B. (2017-05-29). "Fact Check: Why Are So Few Women's Names on the Vietnam Memorial Wall?". Weekly Standard. Archived from the original on 2018-06-18. Retrieved 2018-01-04.