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Information on Missing in Action (MIA), Killed in Action (KIA) and Prisoner of War (POW). There are many service members in these classifications. For WWII it is estimated that there is over 78,000 MIA alone. There is also stories of service members still being held as Prisoners of War. We offer some resources for those family members who have MIA, KIA or POW relatives.
Advocacy & Intelligence Index for POW-MIAs, Inc.
An education organization, dedicated to the issue of Prisoners of War and Missing in Action, from ALL wars. In the true spirit of advocacy, we are committed to offer to the public critical materials, documents, reports, daily news, commentary and insight into an issue that has polarized this nation.
American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC)
Established by Congress in 1923 to commemorate the service, achievements, and sacrifice of U.S. armed forces where they have served overseas since 1917, and within the U.S. when directed by public law. Information on the cemeteries and monuments from around the world. The ABMC commemorative mission is reflected in 24 overseas military cemeteries that serve as resting places for almost 125,000 American war dead; on Tablets of the Missing that memorialize more than 94,000 U.S. servicemen and women; and through 25 memorials, monuments and markers.
Search records from the Mexican War, Civil War, Spanish-American War, World War I, World War II, Korean War and Corozal American Cemetery.
Aviation Archaeological Investigation and Research (AAIR)
Source for U.S. military aircraft accident reports and individual aircraft record (history) cards and aviation archaeology information. Aviation archaeology is primarily the locating and documenting of old aircraft crash sites. It focuses on the preservation of these sites and of the history surrounding the activities that caused them. We have over 100,000 accident reports on file.
BentProp™ Project
Searching for airmen lost on the Republic of Palau. Information on many crash sites found in that location.
Defense Prisoner of War and Missing Personnel Office
The mission of the DPMO is to Lead the national effort to account for personnel -- including members of the Armed Forces on active duty, DoD civilian employees, or employees of a DoD contractor -- missing as a result of hostile action, and establish the conditions necessary to recover those who become isolated in harm’s way during operations.
This site has lists of names from wars and lists of other sources. The office also schedules "Family Updates" around the country.
Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command (JPAC)
The mission of the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command (JPAC) is to achieve the fullest possible accounting of all Americans missing as a result of the nation's past conflicts. The highest priority of the organization is the return of any living Americans that remain prisoners of war. To date, the U.S. government has not found any evidence that there are still American POWs in captivity from past U.S. conflicts.
JPAC is located on the island of Oahu in Hawaii. The command was activated on Oct. 1, 2003, created from the merger of the 30-year-old U.S. Army Central Identification Laboratory, Hawaii, and the 11-year-old Joint Task Force - Full Accounting. Commanded by a flag officer, JPAC is manned by approximately 400 handpicked Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, Marines and Department of the Navy civilians. The laboratory portion of JPAC, referred to as the Central Identification Laboratory (CIL), is the largest forensic anthropology laboratory in the world.
Note from JPAC: We need your help! Gathering mtDNA samples from family members of missing service members is vital to the identification process. Go to www.jpac.pacom.mil/FRS_public/FRS_public.aspx for more information.
Library of Congress
Among other documents, the Library of Congress maintains a Vietnam-Era Prisoner-of-War/Missing-in-Action Database. This database contains 145,965 records.
MIA Hunters - WWII MIA Search and Recoveries
To date 44 MIA's of American, Italian, Japanese and German origin have been located with recoveries scheduled or completed. We seek to locate, recover and return lost World War II American airmen and bring them back for burial here in the U.S. This is not a profit making venture, and each mission we undertake is carefully selected based on extensive research and the probability of success based on that research.
Minnesota Won't Forget POW/MIA
Minnesota Won't Forget POW/MIA (MWF) is a non-partisan non-profit organization. MWF was created to promote public awareness of the Prisoner-Of-War/Missing-In-Action issues and to work to promote the fullest possible accounting of all POW/MIAs.
Missing Air Crew Project - The search for the Coleman B-24 Crew
Dedicated to the memories of the ten crew members of the Coleman B-24 Crew (13th Air Force, 372nd Bombardment Squadron, 307th Bombardment Group) who were shot down by a Japanese fighter over Yap Island and declared missing on 25 June 1944.
National Alliance Of Families
Our goals are simple... the return of any live Prisoners of War, and accurate accounting of the missing, the recovery and scientific identification of remains or a reasonable explanation as to why return, recovery or accounting is impossible.
National League of Families
The League’s sole purpose is to obtain the release of all prisoners, the fullest possible accounting for the missing and repatriation of all recoverable remains of those who died serving our nation during the Vietnam War in Southeast Asia.
Pacific Wreck Database (PWD)
A free, non-profit website compiles the work of veterans, authors, travelers & visitors from around the world, as well as and anyone with knowledge to share on this topic.
P.O.W. Network
Information resources on POWs and also those that claim to be POWs.
Rolling Thunder
To educate the public that many American prisoners of war were left behind after all previous wars and to help correct the past and to protect future veterans from being left behind should they become prisoners of war-missing in action. We are also committed to helping American veterans from all wars.
Society of the Honor Guard Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
The Society works toward preserving and maintaining records, educating the public concerning the history of the Tomb and the Unknown Soldiers, as well as the history of the Guards who have stood watch over them since 1926.
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