Eleanor Ardel Vietti
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Born | Christian and Missionary Alliance (C&MA) | November 5, 1927
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 on May 30, 1962.[1] She is currently the only American woman unaccounted for from the Vietnam War.[2][3]
Biography
Vietti was born in
Vietti entered missionary work around 1957 and the next year, went to
Disappearance
In April 1962, Vietti came back to the United States and visited with her family in Houston and St. Louis.[7][2] She also took a course in cleft-palate repair in St. Louis.[7] Her family wanted her to stay in the United States.[2] The Department of State also warned Vietti about returning to the leper colony.[2] However, Vietti chose to return to Vietnam.[2]
On May 30, 1962, Vietti, Archie E. Mitchell and Daniel A. Gerber[12] were kidnapped by 12 Viet Cong guerillas.[1][13] Vietti's ankle was injured, so it was reported that she was not tied up by the soldiers and was limping.[13] Vietti, Mitchell and Gerber were taken to the nurses' house, where the Viet Cong members lectured them, and also promised that Dr. Vietti would not be harmed.[13] The three captives were taken away by car.[13] The other nine Americans in the leper colony were left behind.[8] It was suspected that she was taken in order to work in a Viet Cong hospital.[14] A captured Viet Cong soldier told interrogators later in 1962 that Vietti was treating the Viet Cong wounded.[15]
It was believed that she was being moved from village to village and was still believed alive in 1965.[9][16] A report of a white woman asking for a Bible in a village came through in 1967.[2] In 1968, the Christian and Missionary Alliance announced at their General Council that Vietti and the other 2 missionaries captured were still alive.[17] Reports of seeing Vietti and the other two missionaries among the Montagnard villages continued into the 1970s.[2] However, by 1991, she was listed as "presumed dead" on the Prisoner of War/Missing in Action list.[18]
Legacy
In 1998,
See also
References
- ^ a b c "Bio, Vietti, Eleanor A." POW Network. Retrieved 2018-01-04.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l 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.
- ^ "Victor William Vietti". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved 2018-01-06.
- ^ Miller, Beth (2010-01-26). "Teresa J. Vietti, pediatric oncology pioneer, dies at 82". The Source. Retrieved 2018-01-06.
- ^ a b c d "Dr. Eleanor Ardel Vietti". The Christian and Missionary Alliance. Archived from the original on 2018-08-23. Retrieved 2018-01-04.
- ^ a b c "Dr. Teresa J. Vietti". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. 2010. pp. A021. Retrieved 2018-01-07 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b "Awaits Word Here of Kidnapped Sister". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. 1962-06-01. p. 5. Retrieved 2018-01-06 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b Garvin, Allen (1965-10-10). "What in the World!". Battle Creek Enquirer. p. 68. Retrieved 2018-01-06 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Dr. Eleanor Ardel Vietti: Profile". Military.com. Retrieved 2018-01-06.
- ^ Skroska, Philip (5 October 2016). "Teresa J. Vietti, MD: Pioneer Pediatric Oncologist". Becker Medical Library. Retrieved 2018-01-07.
- ^ "U.S. Unaccounted-For from the Vietnam War (Sorted by Name) Prisoners of War, Missing in Action and Killed in Action/Body not Recovered" (PDF). Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency. Retrieved 7 January 2018.
- ^ a b c d "Viet Cong Band Pledged Woman Doctor's Safety". Hartford Courant. 1962-06-24. p. 193. Retrieved 2018-01-06 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Women Vets May Get a Memorial". The Morning Call. 1987-11-29. p. 130. Retrieved 2018-01-06 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Says Reds Use Captive Doctor". Des Moines Tribune. 1962-07-23. p. 13. Retrieved 2018-01-06 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "18 Americans Prisoners of Communists". Nevada State Journal. 1965-06-27. p. 43. Retrieved 2018-01-06 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Rev. Beezer Attends Meet in Carolina". Redlands Daily Facts. 1968-06-08. p. 2. Retrieved 2018-01-06 – via Newspapers.com.
- ISBN 978-0945919155.
- ^ a b "Radio". The Guardian. 1998-09-24. p. 51. Retrieved 2018-01-06 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "The Only Woman Left Behind". Imperial War Museums. Retrieved 2018-01-06.
- ^ "Clipped From The Journal News". The Journal News. 2008-10-11. p. 3. Retrieved 2018-01-06.