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Government agency sources, correspondence with POW/MIA families, published sources, interviews. UPDATED BY THE P.O.W. NETWORK. 2020 SYNOPSIS: In the spring of 1973, 591 American Prisoners of War were released from prisons and camps in Vietnam. Among them were six of a group of nine U.S.
Feb 5, 2024 · As many have heard, last month Pekin lost one of its hometown heroes, U.S. Army Lieut. Col. (ret.) Stanley A. Newell, 76, a Vietnam War veteran who survived almost six years as a Prisoner of War.
Stanley Newell was interned as a Prisoner of War in Southeast Asia after he was captured in South Vietnam on July 12, 1967, and was held until his release on March 5, 1973. He remained in the...
- August 8, 1947
Red Warriors – STANLEY ARTHUR NEWELL In the spring of 1973, 591 American Prisoners of War were released from prisons and camps in Vietnam. Among them were six of a group of nine U.S. Army 4th Infantry Division personnel captured in and near Pleiku Province, South Vietnam during the year of 1967 whose lives had been intertwined for the past ...
Stan was drafted in September of 1966 and was sent to Vietnam in January of 1967. He was MIA/POW from July 12, 1967 until March 5, 1973. Stan retired from the United States Army in 1992.
Date of Loss: 12 Jul 1967. Loss Coordinates: 134026N 1073809E (YA850131) Status (in 1973): Released POW. SYNOPSIS: In the spring of 1973, 591 American Prisoners of War were released from prisons and camps in Vietnam.
Red Warriors Lewis Easterly, left, and former POW Stanley Newell. Left: Lewis Easterly presents LTC Newell, who was a PFC when captured, an actual sandbag that he brought back from Vietnam. The occasion was the August 31, 1994 military retirement of Newell.
