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Operation Iraqi Freedom - as of 24 November 2008
CAPTURED - 1
SSG Ahmed K. Altaie
(Ahmed Qusai al-Taayie)
DUSTWUN 23 OCT 2006
Declared MISSING- 11 DEC 2006
Baghdad, Iraq Remains Recovered/ Returned 2/28/2012
SSG Keith M. Maupin DOI 09 APR 04 (Captured as PFC, Promoted in Absentia 01 MAY 04 to SPC, Promoted in Absentia 01 APR 05 to SGT, Promoted in Absentia 17 SEP 06 to SSG) Baghdad Region
REMAINS RECOVERED March 2008
OFFICIALLY US MISSING in IRAQ - 13
1 Military - Speicher (1991 PGW)
11 Civilians
Additionally, 4 Civilian Contractors working for a private security firm were abducted when their convoy was attacked late Fall 2006. They remain missing, their names have not been released. Captured/Died in Captivity
PFC Kristian Menchaca DOI 16 JUN 06, Baghdad, Iraq ID Announced 22 JUN 06
Awarded POW Medal
PFC Thomas L. Tucker DOI 16 JUN 06, Baghdad Iraq ID Announced 22 JUN 06
DECEASED: POW-DIC
SSG Keith M. Maupin DOI 09 APR 04
(Captured as PFC, Promoted in Absentia 01 MAY 04 to SPC, Promoted in Absentia 01 APR 05 to SGT, Promoted in Absentia 17 SEP 06 to SSG) Baghdad Region
Remains Recovered 20 March 2008, Identified 30 March 2008.
Change of Status 31 March 2008 from Missing-Captured to Deceased. Missing/Captured : Died in Captivity
USA SPC Alex R. Jimenez DOI 12 MAY 07
ID Card Recovered 16 JUNE 07
DUSTWUN 12 May 2007
Declared Missing-Captured 29 June 2007
Mahmudiyah, Iraq
Remains Recovered 09 July 08 - Change of Status
Missing/Captured : Died in Captivity
USA PVT Byron W. Fouty DOI 12 MAY 07 May
ID Card Recovered 16 JUNE 07
DUSTWUN 12 May 2007
Declared Missing-Captured 29 June 2007
Mahmudiyah, Iraq
Remains Recovered 09 July 08 - Change of Status
DUSTWUN - Recovered - USA PFC Joseph J. Anzack Jr.
Remains Recovered 23 MAY 07
Musayyib, Iraq
Status Change from DUSTWUN 24 MAY 2007
POWs Recovered to Date - 8
Young, Williams, Lynch, Johnson, Hernandez, Hudson, Miller & Riley - an Nasiriyah, Iraq
Hostages Recovered to Date - 1
Thomas Hamill DOI 09 APR 04 Escaped 01 MAY 04 Baghdad Region
KIA and Non-Combat Deaths 4,203 Identified
Civilian Contractor Casualties - 900+
RETURNED TO MILITARY CONTROL - 1
USMC CPL Wassef Ali Hassoun DOI 20 JUN 04 Returned 09 JUL 04 Fallujah
MISSING - KBR US Civilian Contractor Tim Bell DOI 09 APR 04 Baghdad Region
REMAINS RECOVERED - KBR US Civilian Contractor William Bradley DOI 09 APR 04 Baghdad Region DOId 06 JAN 05
RELEASED - Micah Garen Civilian Photgrapher/Journalist DOI 13 AUG 04 Returned 22 AUG 04 Nasiriyah, Iraq
RESCUED - Roy Hallums Civilian Contractor, Saudi Arabian Trading and Construction Co
DOI 01 NOV 04 Rescued 07 SEP 05, Mansour, Baghdad
US Hostages Executed to Date - Nicholas Berg, Iraq • Paul Johnson, Saudi Arabia • Eugene "Jack" Armstrong, Iraq • Jack Hensley, Iraq • Tom Fox, Baghdad, Iraq
Here is the Price Americans Have Paid the Last 228 YearsWAR OF THE REVOLUTION 19 Aril 1775 - 20 September 1783
Participants: 250,000 :: POWs: 18,152 :: MIAs: 1,426 :: Deaths In Service: 6,824
WAR OF 1812 18 June 1812 - 24 December 1814
Participants: 286,730 :: POWs: 20,000 :: MIAs: 695 :: Deaths In Service: 2,260
MEXICAN WAR 24 April 1846 - 2 February 1848
Participants: 78,718 :: POWs: 20,000 : : MIAs: 695 :: Deaths In Service: 2,260
INDIAN WARS US Date 1815 - December1890
Participants: 106,000 :: POWs: Many, few survived :: MIAs: Many :: Deaths In Service: 1,000
Aboriginal American Date 1540 - 2004
Participants: Unknown, in the millions :: POWs-MIAs: Unknown - Aboriginal Americans are the longest held documented POWs, serving into the 20th Century in excess of 28 years :: Deaths In Service: Millions
CIVIL WAR 12 April 1861 - 26 May 1865
Union Participants: 2,213,365 :: Union POWs: 194,743 :: Union Deaths In Service: 364,511
Confederate Participants: 1,082,119 :: Confederate POWs: 214,865 :: Confederate Deaths In Service: 134,563
SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR 21 April 1898 - 12 August 1898
Participants: 260,000 :: POWs: 8 :: MIAs: 72 Deaths In Service: 2,446
WORLD WAR I 6 April 1917 - 11 November 1918
Participants: 4,743,826 :: POWs: 7,470 :: MIAs: 116,708 :: Deaths In Service: 116,708
WORLD WAR II 7 December 1941 - 2 September 1945
Participants: 16,353,659 :: POWs: 124,079 :: MIAs: 30,314
Deaths in Service: Disputed Numbers - All References Provided
Military:
• Keegan: 292,000
• Harper Collins: 292,100
• Britannica: 292,131 (not incl. 115,187 non-battle)
• Compton's: 293,986
• Urlanis: 300,000
• Info. Please: 291,557 KIA + 113,842 other causes = 405,399
• DoD: 291,557 KIA + 113,842 other = 405,399
• Ellis: 405,400
• Encarta: 292,131 KIA + 115,187 other causes = 407,318
• Wallechinsky: 292,131 KIA + 115,187 other = 407,318
• Eckhardt: 408,000
• Small & Singer: 408,300
Civilian:
• Britannica: 6,000
U.S. Merchant Marine: 8,300 mariners killed at sea, at least 1,100 died from wounds. Total killed estimated 9,300. [http://www.usmm.org/ww2.html]
• All (undifferentiated):
• Messenger: 300,000
COLD WAR 2 September 1945 - 21 August 1991
Participants: Classified :: POWs: Classified :: MIAs: 343 :: Deaths In Service: Classified :: Deaths In Service: 407,316 ERA
KOREAN WAR 25 June 1950 - 27 July 1953
Participants: 5,764,143 :: POWs: 7,140 :: MIAs: 8,177 :: Deaths In Service: 36,940
SECOND INDOCHINA WAR 08 July 1959 - 27 January 1973
Active Duty: 9,087,000 :: In-Country: 2,594,000 :: POWs: 2,583 :: MIAs: 3000-6000 :: Deaths In Service: 58,486
USS PUEBLO 23 January 1968 - 23 December 1968
Incident Personnel: 82 :: POWs: 82 :: POW Deaths In Incident: 1
GRENADA 25 October 1983 - 2 November 1983
Participants: 2,700 :: POWs: Unknown :: MIAs: 4 :: Deaths In Service: 20
USS STARK 17 May 1987
Participants: Unknown :: MIAs: 1 :: Deaths In Service: 36
PERSIAN GULF WAR 16 January 1991 - 27 February 1991
Participants: 650,000 :: POWs - MIAs: 52 :: Deaths In Service: 255
SOMALIA 02 December 1992 - 15 September 1994
Participants: Classified :: POWs: 6 :: MIAs: 2 :: Deaths In Service: 44
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POW/MIA - Statistics
· World War I - 3,350
· World War II - 73,690
· Cold War - 126
· Korea - 7,964
· Vietnam - 1,677
· Persian Gulf - 2
· Iraqi Freedom - 3
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Operation Enduring Freedom - as of 24 NOVEMBER 08MIA/DUSTWUN - 0
KIA and Non-Combat Deaths 623 Identified
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Persian Gulf War 1991: 3 Officially Unaccounted-For,
12 Unofficially Unaccounted-ForOther personnel also remain unaccounted-for in Iraq, 9 of 14 crewmembers of the Spirit '03 loss incident. As well as the A-6 loss with Barry Cook and Robert Dwyer who was lost with his F/A 18. At the conclusion of the Persian Gulf War 1991, all were classified as KIA/BNR. Michael Scott Speicher's status was later upgraded twice... to MIA in 2001 and to Missing/Captured in 2002.
President Bush has even stated that more than just Speicher remain unaccounted-for from the first war with Iraq. His remarks last National POW-MIA Recognition Day - "Nearly 60 years after the end of World War II, the fate of more than 78,000 Americans who fought in that conflict remains unknown. More than 8,100 from the Korean War are missing, more than 120 from the Cold War, more than 1,900 from the Vietnam War, and three from the Gulf War. These Americans, who dedicated their lives to preserving and protecting our freedoms, will never be forgotten."
COLOMBIA: 3 Hostages/POWs
Thomas Howes
Marc Gonsalves
Keith Stansell
DOI : 12-13 February, 2003
VIETNAM-ERA UNACCOUNTED FOR STATISTICAL REPORT Updates to some statistics as of January 25, 2011 AMERICANS IDENTIFIED: There are now 1,702 Americans listed by the Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO) as missing and unaccounted-for from the Vietnam War. DPMO recently posted the news that the remains of Warrant Officer 3rd Class George A. Howes, USAR, and two US Air Force officers Colonel James E. Dennany and Major Robert L. Tucci, have been recovered and identified. WO3 Howes was listed as MIA January 10, 1970. Col Dennany and Maj Tucci were both listed as MIA in Laos on November 12, 1969. Several others have been identified, but not yet announced by DPMO as they are awaiting family notification by the Service Casualty Offices.
The number of Americans returned and identified since the end of the Vietnam War in 1975 is now 881; another 63 US personnel, recovered post-incident and identified before the end of the war, bring the total to 944. Of the 1,702 American POW/MIAs from the Vietnam War, our unreturned veterans, 90% were lost in Vietnam or in areas of Laos and Cambodia under Vietnam’s wartime control: Vietnam – 1,304 (VN-478, VS-826); Laos – 332; Cambodia – 59; Peoples Republic of China territorial waters – 7. Over 450 are considered over-water losses.
ACCOUNTING COOPERATION: The 117th Joint Field Activities were to have begun in Laos on January 14th; however, the operations were cancelled due to inability to get helicopters certified as approved transport for US DoD personnel, a time-consuming, lengthy process, or to get a waiver to temporarily allow such transport. Appeals to the Lao Government just before the start date to permit ground transportation to the scheduled excavation sites were denied, thus forcing the cancellation.
MG Stephen Tom, USAR, Commander of the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command (JPAC)went to Laos and Vietnam just before Christmas to discuss continuing and increased concerns over problems that have not been resolved to allow resumption of helicopter transportation for teams to get to remote sites for investigations and excavations. Counterparts in both governments discussed the complex problems and agreed to be flexible in implementing schedules, but this issue continues to seriously jeopardize JPAC’s ability to conduct field operations.
Since the Lao had indicated willingness to be flexible in seeking solutions that would allow cooperation to proceed, the reasons for their decision are as yet unclear. Regardless of such bureaucratic obstacles on both sides, it is again the families who lose, and any loss of time at this point in history is bad; we have no time to lose. While all are optimistic that the waiver will come shortly, it was cost-prohibitive for US team-members to be in a holding pattern at great expense, especially in a time of fiscal stress and uncertainty.
Also, most unfortunately, the Lao Government is still refusing to allow the Defense Intelligence Agency’s Stony Beach Lao specialist to participate in in-country operations, a disappointing position on their part that also requires further, timely attention.
FUTURE OF US-RUSSIA JOINT COMMISSION (USRJC) ON POW/MIA AFFAIRS IN DOUBT: After sending letters to the President and senior Obama Administration officials, the League, VFW, DAV, JWV and American Legion were invited, along with other family group representatives to a January 12thmeeting, hosted by Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (DASD) for POW/Missing Personnel Affairs (DPMO) Bob Newberry, with National Security Council staff Director for Russian Affairs Leslie Hayden participating. Proposals raised by Hayden and Newberry were unanimously opposed by all veteran and family representatives, as they would dramatically alter the USRJC’s structure and undercut or destroy its effectiveness by putting DPMO in a position to control, rather than support, the USRJC’s work. Even maintaining the “status quo” is untenable as DPMO has consistently taken personnel and funding designated for USRJC support.
The January 12th meeting was a disaster on all fronts and, most likely as a direct result, the NSC staff member working this issue has been reassigned. Although no further decisions have yet been announced, it is good to know that all of the major national veteran organizations, the League and all other family representatives from past wars are in full agreement on the need to sustain and reinforce the USRJC’s independence.
An immediate, public outcry from POW/MIA families and our nation’s veterans can help, but you must act now. DPMO leadership seems intent on becoming operational, instead of the policy control and oversight organization intended when formed. Speak out NOW to the highest levels, or don’t complain when the USRJC is subsumed into the DoD bureaucracy at the bottom of its priority list.
You should also know that the POW/MIA issue is not even mentioned in the official letter between the US Secretary of Defense and the Russian Minister of Defense reaching agreement on Defense Working Groups of the Obama Administration’s US-Russia Bilateral Commission.
THE LEAGUE IS NATIONALLY ELIGIBLE FOR COMBINED FEDERAL CAMPAIGN (CFC) DONATIONS,#10218 DoD on SEA: Current as of: 2007/01/08
SUBJECT: VIETNAM-ERA UNACCOUNTED FOR STATISTICAL REPORTCases: VN - 485 • VS - 882 • LA - 354 • CB - 54 • CH - 7 = 1772
Pursuit Status: Further Pursuit - 1035 • Deferred - 103 • No further Pursuit - 651 = 1789
VN = VIETNAM NORTH • VS = VIETNAM SOUTH • CB = CAMBODIA • CH = CHINA • LA = LAOS
* INCLUDES 453 AT SEA/OVER WATER LOSSES
AMERICANS ACCOUNTED FOR POST-1973 - REPATRIATED BY:
VIETNAM 614 *
CHINA 3 **
LAOS 211
CAMBODIA 29
TOTAL 857 ***
U.S. GOVERNMENT EFFORTS: Since the fall of Saigon in 1975, the U.S. Government has acquired 22,869 reports possibly pertaining to Americans in Southeast Asia:
SUMMARY OF REPORTS FIRSTHAND LIVE SIGHTINGS - 1989
HEARSAY SIGHTINGS REPORTS - 5288
CRASH/GRAVE SITES - 5797
DOGTAGS - 9795
TOTAL - 22869
a. Of the 1989 firsthand reports received since 1975, 1942 (97.64%) reports are resolved.
• 1341 (67.42%) reports were equated to Americans who are accounted for (i.e., PW returnees, missionaries, civilians jailed at various times for violation of Vietnamese codes).
• 45 (2.26%) reports were correlated to wartime sightings of military personnel or pre-1975 sighting of civilians who remain unaccounted for.
• 556 (27.95%) reports were determined to be fabrications.
b. The remaining 47 (2.36%) unresolved firsthand reports represent the focus of the U.S. Government analytical and collection efforts:
• 43 (2.16%) pertain to Americans reported in a captive environment. • 4 (0.20%) reported sightings of Americans in a non-captive environment (i.e. working as truck drivers; married with Vietnamese family).
c. Since mid-1982, 9795 "dog tag" reports have been received on over 10,000 names.
• Generally speaking 93% of those names reported are individuals who returned to the U.S. alive
• 5% correspond to U.S. remains that have been recovered/identified and buried in the U.S.
• and 2% relate to individuals who remain unaccounted for.
d. In all instances, dog tag reports receive thorough investigative attention, to include informing the military services of those reports with valid names so next of kin can be advised as appropriate.
The following timeline presents an overview of unresolved firsthand sightings by the year of the sighting:
TIMELINE: UNRESOLVED LIVE SIGHTING REPORTS
CAPTIVE
Pre-1976 : 35
1976-1980 : 3
1981-1985 : 0
1986-1990 : 1
1991-1995 : 0
1996-2000 : 4
2001-2005 : 4
Total : 47
NON-CAPTIVE
Pre-1976 : 1
1976-1980 : 1
1981-1985 : 0
1986-1990 : 0
1991-1995 : 0
1996-2000 : 1
2001-2005 : 0
Total : 4
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