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The National League of Families' POW/MIA flag; it was created in 1971 when the war was still in progress. The National League of Families of American Prisoners and Missing in Southeast Asia was created by Sybil Stockdale, Evelyn Grubb and Mary Crowe as an originally small group of POW/MIA wives in Coronado, California, and Hampton Roads, Virginia, in 1967.
South Vietnam, South China Sea: Pilot of F-4B #151454 that crashed at sea offshore of Quang Tri Province [20] Killed in action, body not recovered [3] February 12: Breeding, Michael H: 1st Lieutenant: USMC: VMFA-122: South Vietnam, South China Sea: Radar intercept operator on F-4B #151454 that crashed at sea offshore of Quang Tri Province [21]
Operation/Battle Name Location Circumstances of loss Recovery status May 30: Gerber, Daniel A: Civilian: South Vietnam, Ban Me Thuot: One of three Christian missionaries abducted by the Vietcong from the Ban Me Thuot Leprosarium [12] Unaccounted for [13] May 30: Mitchell, Archie E: Civilian: South Vietnam, Ban Me Thuot
Operation/Battle Name Location Circumstances of loss Recovery status January 1: Kirksey, Robert L: Private First Class: US Army: 46th Engineer Battalion: South Vietnam, Vũng Tàu: Drowned while swimming [2] Killed in action, body not recovered [3] January 2: MacLaughlin, Donald C: Lieutenant (LTJG) US Navy: VA-76, USS Enterprise: South Vietnam ...
This article is a list of US MIAs of the Vietnam War in the period from 1972–75. No servicemembers or civilians were lost in 1974. In 1973, the United States listed 2,646 Americans as unaccounted for from the entire Vietnam War.
POW bracelet. P.O.W. bracelet for serviceman missing since 1966. A POW bracelet (or POW/MIA bracelet) is a nickel-plated or copper commemorative bracelet engraved with the rank, name, and loss date of an American serviceman captured or missing during the Vietnam War. [1]
Missing in action (MIA) is a casualty classification assigned to combatants, military chaplains, combat medics, and prisoners of war who are reported missing during wartime or ceasefire. They may have been killed , wounded , captured , executed , or deserted .
In the United States, National POW/MIA Recognition Day is observed on the third Friday in September. It honors those who were prisoners of war (POWs) and those who are still missing in action (MIA). It is most associated with those who were POWs during the Vietnam War. National Vietnam War Veterans Day is March 29, the date in 1973 when the ...