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Keith "Sarge" Leone Meyer
Jeremy Anderson2021-05-02T11:41:32-05:00
- Name: Keith "Sarge" Leone Meyer
- Location of Birth: Wadena, Minnesota
- Date of Birth: November 20, 1930
- Date of Death: September 27, 2005
- Parents: Eldred Meyer & Norma (Stoterau) Meyer
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- Highest Rank: MSGT (Master Sergeant
- Branch: Air Force
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- Date Sworn In: February 18, 1950
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- Date of Discharge: February 28, 1970
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- Military Awards:
Congressional Medal of Honor
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- Wars Involved:
Korean War
Vietnam War
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Keith Meyer retired from the U.S. Air Force after serving for 21 years. He drove school bus for the Bigfork School District in Bigfork, Minnesota and had worked in the mines. He was a member of Swampsiders Snowmobile Club.
Keith died in Wyoming, Minnesota and is buried in Lakeview Cemetery, Coleraine, Minnesota (Block 152). He is survived by a son, Brian (Christine) Meyer; two daughters, Sherry (Vern) Nelson and Penny (Brett) Dawley; three brothers, Doug Meyer, Gerald Meyer, and Robert Meyer; a sister, Dorothy; ten grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his wife, Bunny, his parents, two sisters and a brother.
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