Civil Air Patrol widow hopes to get benefits

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Civil Air Patrol widow hopes to get benefits
The Associated Press
Posted : Friday Feb 22, 2008 5:51:36 EST

SHERIDAN, Wyo. — The widow of a Sheridan man killed when a Civil Air Patrol plane crashed in the Big Horn Mountains says she’s getting some clarification about receiving military benefits.

Terese Meyer is the widow of 53-year-old Jim Meyer, who was killed along with two others when their plane crashed Aug. 20.

The three were searching for a missing 16-year-old boy who later turned up safe.

Terese Meyer says for months she wasn’t sure what benefits she and her children were eligible to receive. But she now says personnel at the Wyoming Army National Guard Armory in Sheridan have arranged for a military attorney with the Wyoming National Guard to review the paperwork she needs to submit to the Army Reserve.

Meyer’s late husband was a member of the Army Reserve. She says he had more than 20 years of active and Reserve service before he was killed.


Article at: http://www.armytimes.com/news/2008/02/ap_widowbenefits_080221/