Northeast POW/MIA Network

National League of POW/MIA Families Status of the Issue

 March 11, 2015

1,629 Americans are now listed by DoD as missing and unaccounted-for from the Vietnam War: Vietnam – 1,269 (VN-467 VS-802); Laos–302; Cambodia-51; Peoples Republic of China territorial waters–7. (These numbers occasionally fluctuate due to investigations resulting in changed locations of loss.) The League seeks the fullest possible accounting for those still missing and repatriation of all recoverable remains.  The League’s highest priority is accounting for Americans last known alive. Official intelligence indicates that Americans known to be in captivity in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia were not returned at the end of the war. In the absence of evidence to the contrary, it must be assumed that these Americans could still be alive, and the US Government should not rule out that possibility. Full Story