Meyer (October 6, 1917 - January 12, 2006) was a soldier in the United States Army, one of only three hundred and three men who have been awarded three Combat Infantryman Badges out of more than the twenty-three million men who served in the US Army between December 1941 and December 2007.
Colonel Meyer was inducted into the U.S.
Army Officer Candidate School Hall of Fame in 2009.