FULLEST POSSIBLE ACCOUNTING The person is returned alive The remains of a person are recovered, repatriated and identified Credible evidence exists to support why the first two criteria are not possible
Dead and Missing, America’s Major Wars Civil War 618,000-700,000 Unknown, 22,000 on Clara Barton’s list of union soldiers World War I 116,516 4,452 World War II 405,399 78,976 Korea 54,246 8,186 Vietnam 58,169 1,817
Unaccounted-for Americans From the Vietnam War Total at Current end of war Identified total Vietnam 1921 522 1399 Laos 569 194 375 Cambodia 83 28 55 China 10 3 7 Total = 2583 741 1836