Lewis Wayne Griggs

In Exile
Date of death:1984
Gender:Male
Era:1950s
State:Texas
Time Imprisoned:
3 Months 10 Days
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Lewis Wayne Griggs

Biography

Lewis Wayne Griggs was a U.S. Army soldier and one of 21 American Korean War prisoners who refused repatriation. He crossed into China on February 24, 1954 and was assigned to a collective farm with Otho Bell and William Cowart. The three returned in July 1955, were arrested and then released because their dishonorable discharges had ended military jurisdiction. Griggs later earned a sociology degree from Stephen F. Austin State University.

Cases

Charges: Declined repatriation to the United States after captivity in the Korean War; no criminal conviction resulted from that decision.
In exile since: Feb 24, 1954
Exile ended: July 1955
Sentence: Dishonorably discharged by the U.S. Army after refusing repatriation and permitted to leave the neutral custody area for China.
Charges: Military charges alleging aiding the enemy and informing on fellow prisoners during Korean War captivity; held after return to the United States.
Arrested: Jul 29, 1955
Incarcerated: Jul 29, 1955
Released: Nov 8, 1955
Sentence: Pretrial confinement at Fort Baker Stockade, California, after Army arrest in San Francisco on July29,1955. Released November8,1955 under a federal judge order following the Supreme Court ruling concerning military jurisdiction over discharged civilians. No prison sentence or conviction is asserted. This interval is separate from the existing1954–1955 China/exile record. Sources: Big Spring Daily Herald November7,1955 printed1 (retrospective July29arrest); November9,1955 printed8 (Army released the three men yesterday). https://newspapers.swco.ttu.edu/bitstream/handle/20.500.12255/12814/The_Big_Spring_Daily_Herald__1955-11-07.pdf?isAllowed=y&sequence=3 ; https://newspapers.swco.ttu.edu/bitstreams/e7f85e7c-606c-4ea8-ba4e-d26a63508d89/download#page=8

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