1. 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

2. Dead and Missing, America’s Major Wars
Civil War 618, ,000 Unknown, 22,000 on
Clara Barton’s list of
union soldiers
World War I 116,516 4,452
World War II 405, ,976
Korea 54, ,186
Vietnam 58, ,817

5. Unaccounted-for Americans
From the Vietnam War
Total at Current
end of war Identified total
Vietnam
Laos
Cambodia
China
Total =