81K U.S. Service Members Remain MIA

The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency says that more than 81,600 Americans remain missing from WWII, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, the Cold War, the Gulf Wars and other U.S. conflicts. Of them, 75% are assumed to be located in the Indo-Pacific region, and more than 41,000 are presumed lost at sea. Some 1,584 went MIA from the Vietnam War. Efforts to find and identify MIAs and bring them home are continuous; many Vietnam Veterans of America (VVA) chapters have gotten involved in identifying remains over the years, giving military veterans’ families long-sought closure. Remember them on Sept. 16! #NationalPOWMIARecognitionDay