America's POW/MIAs
|
WWI |
|
Total
POW/MIA 7,323 Still
Missing and Unaccounted For 3,350 (PFOD) |
|
WWII |
|
Total
POW/MIA 194,897 Still
Missing and Unaccounted For 78,750 (PFOD) |
|
Cold War |
|
Total
POW/MIA 124
Still
Missing and Unaccounted For 124 (PFOD) |
|
Korea |
|
Total
POW/MIA 12,654
Still
Missing and Unaccounted For 8,215 (PFOD) |
|
Southeast Asia |
|
Total
POW/MIA 2,596
Still
Missing and Unaccounted For 2,005 (PFOD) |
|
Persian Gulf War |
|
Missing,
Presumed Dead 2
Missing
Captured 1
KIA/BNR
12
|
|
Operation Iraqi
Freedom |
|
Missing
Captured 1
MIA's
1 |
Statistics
from the Defense Prisoner of War/Missing Personnel Office
ALL
POW/MIAs (Prior to July 13, 2003) are now noted as PFOD except Gulf War Michael
Speicher
PFOD
(Presumptive Finding of Death)
|
Persian Gulf War |
|
|
 |
| Name: |
Michael
Scott Speicher |
| Branch/Rank: |
U.S.
Navy / Captain |
| Unit: |
Strike
Fighter Squadron (VFA) 81
(aboard
USS Saratoga) |
| Date
of Birth/Age: |
33 |
| Home
City of Record: |
Jacksonville,
FL. |
| Date
of Loss: |
January
17, 1991 |
| Country
of Loss: |
Iraq |
| Original
Status: |
Missing
In Action (MIA) |
|
October
11, 2002
- US Navy Changes Status to MISSING/CAPTURED |
| Aircraft/Vehicle/Ground: |
Aircraft
(F/A-18C
Hornet) |
|
|
On January 17, 1991,
Speicher's aircraft was hit by an Iraqi SAM (surface-to-air missile) and crashed
during the first Coalition offensive of the war dubbed "Operation Desert
Storm." Initial reports by
Defense Secretary Dick Cheney stated that Speicher had been killed.
One military source said reports indicated the aircraft had
"exploded to bits" in the sky, apparently having suffered a direct SAM
hit.
Iraqi officials soon
announced the capture of American pilots. It
was originally believed the chances of Speicher's ejection were slim, but the
books were not closed on Speicher. He
was the first American to be listed Missing in Action.
|
|
|
|
|
2003
More
of the same initials, written in the same handwriting, were found north
of Baghdad, in 2003—near Saddam’s hometown of Tikrit. |
|
April
24, 2003
Michael
Scott Speicher's initials carved into the wall of a cell in Hakmiyah
Prison, Baghdad, Iraq |
|
Operation Iraqi
Freedom |
|
|
 |
| Name: |
Keith
"Matt" Maupin |
| Branch/Rank: |
U.S.
Army Reserves / Sergeant |
| (Promoted
in absentia in April 2005) |
| Unit: |
Army
Reserves 724th Transportation Company |
| Date
of Birth/Age: |
20 |
| Home
City of Record: |
Batavia,
OH |
| Date
of Loss: |
April
9, 2004 |
| Country
of Loss: |
Iraq |
| Original
Status: |
Duty
Status Where-A-Bouts Unknown |
| April
19, 2004
- ARMY Changes Status to CAPTURED |
| Aircraft/Vehicle/Ground: |
Ground |
| |
|
Colorado 9News -
Vigil held for missing Iraq soldier and other MIAs
|
Pfc.
Maupin, 20, of Batavia, Ohio went missing in action in Iraq on April 9, 2004,
when his convoy came under attack by individuals using rocket-propelled grenades
and small arms fire.
A week later, he was shown on a video and identified by family members.
On April 23rd, his status was changed from whereabouts-unknown (DUSTWUN)
to captured.
Whatever term or acronym that is used, the fact remains:
Last
seen in a video aired on Al-Jazeera on April 16, 2004
|
|
"When one American
is not worth the effort to be found, we as Americans have lost!" |
|
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