[Poohbah]

There are still thousands of unaccounted for POW's in Viet Nam.

All POWs have been accounted for.

There are still a couple thousand MIAs that a lot of folks WISH were POWs, but are almost certainly KIA/BNR.

[kellynla]

I don't know where you get your information but there are over two thousand unaccounted personnel. You may prefer to "write them off" but those of us who served do not and will not. I have neither the time nor the inclination to educate you but if you go to the D.O.D. Defense Prisoner of War/Missing Personnel Office website you can be enlightened. www.dtic.mil/dpmo/pmsea/index.htm

[kellynla]

BACKGROUND: The Department of Defense, Washington Headquarters Service, and the Department of State report the current numbers of Americans who are unaccounted for in Southeast Asia:

AMERICANS UNACCOUNTED FOR IN SOUTHEAST ASIA

COMPONENT COUNTRY OF LOSS


VN VS LA CB CH TOTALS
ARMY 9 479 101 28 0 617
NAVY 274 90 28 1 8 401
MARINE CORPS 23 195 16 8 0 242
AIR FORCE 217 160 254 18 0 649
COAST GUARD 0 1 0 0 0 1
CIVILIANS 1 20 12 5 0 38
TOTALS 524 945 411 60 8 1,948 *

This was the latest published report as of November, 2001.