Approximately 300 of these personnel were last known alive in captivity in Vietnam and Laos, last known alive, out of their aircraft before it crashed, or their names were passed to POWs who later returned.

2023年5月24日 · The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency lists 684 POWs returned home alive from the Vietnam War — the majority after the U.S. pulled out of the war in 1973. (The war officially ended April 30,...

US Prisoners of War who returned alive from the Vietnam War Sorted by Name Military Service Country of Incident Name Date of Incident Date of Rank Return USAF N. Vietnam BEENS, LYNN RICHARD O3 1972/12/21 1973/03/29 USN N. Vietnam BELL, JAMES FRANKLIN O4 1965/10/16 1973/02/12 CIVILIAN S. Vietnam BENGE, MICHAEL 1968/01/28 1973/03/05

Often cited as the last verified American prisoner of war (POW) from the Vietnam War, Garwood was captured on September 28, 1965 by Việt Cộng forces near Da Nang, Quang Nam Province.

Did the Vietnamese hold back POWs? Documents show U.S. officials believed they did. January 30, 1973 -- Memo for Record - Army POWs not released by Hanoi or the Viet Cong

2024年6月21日 · As of 2022, the U.S. Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency classifies 470 of the 1,244 soldiers still unaccounted for in Vietnam as “non-recoverable”. This means that there is conclusive evidence that these individuals were killed during the conflict, but it is not believed that their bodies can be recovered.

2023年5月29日 · After returning home, 90% of the POWs stayed in the military, while many found success in civilian life. "There's 27 of us made admiral and general," said McGrath.

STATUS OF THE POW/MIA ISSUE: Jan.26,2024 1,577 Americans are now listed by the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) as missing and unaccounted-for from the Vietnam War: Vietnam - 1,237; Laos–285; Cambodia-48; Peoples Republic of China territorial waters–7.

There are no known living POWs left in Vietnam from the American War. Many veterans and survivors of those terrible years have returned to the country to visit and pay respects to their peers left behind. A few have even returned to live there.

2025年1月19日 · But opinion polls indicate that 62 percent of the American people and 84 percent of Vietnam veterans believe that U.S. POW/MIAs are still alive in Vietnam. Once the soon-to-be-released POW/MIA report by Senators Jesse Helms and Charles Grassley becomes widely known, the government’s credibility on this matter should drop to near zero.