U.S. Army veteran, declared dead, possibly found living in remote Vietnam village 44 years after being gunned down, insiders claim. Former Green Beret John H. Robertson was the member of an elite MACV-SOG unit when his helicopter was shot down over Laos in 1968. Photo is circa 1966.
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Chapter 1071 Honors Ashes of Abandoned Veterans. 1  Since October 2015, Chapter 1071 of Lakewood, CO has been in the process of analyzing, identifying and honoring the cremated remains of over 100 veterans…. 2  February 12th marked the 44th anniversary of the first release of American Prisoners of War, POWs, in Vietnam. Vietnam Veterans of America continues to….
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Biographies on Prisoners of War and Missing in Action. [POW/MIA] from the Vietnam Conflict. The list of ALL those declared POW/MIA during the Vietnam Conflict, beginning in 1952. Includes those declared Prisoner of War (POW), declared Missing In Action (MIA), Presumed Dead (PFOD), Killed in Action/Body Not Recovered (KIA/BNR), Died In Captivity (DIC), escapees, and returnees - includes civilians and foreign nationals. Based on the PMSEA used by USG officials. One of the last flights - 1973.
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Vietnam War MIA's. The US government official number for Laos from 1965-75 is 454. The total number of US servicemen unaccounted for from the Vietnam war is 2,477. {learn more}.
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There are also a large number of North Vietnamese and Viet Cong MIAs from the Vietnam war whose remains have yet to be recovered. In 1974, General Võ Nguyên Giáp stated that they had 330,000 missing in action. As of 1999, estimates of those missing were usually around 300,000.
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Today, more than 1,600 Americans remain unaccounted for from the conflict. Immediately after the Paris Peace Accords were signed on Jan. 27, 1973, Operation Homecoming returned 591 prisoners of war who had been captured in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia (two Vietnam POWs and a Cold War POW were released from China).
http://www.dpaa.mil/Our-Missing/Vietnam-War/
The POW/MIA program also sponsors the ‘Veterans Initiative’ where through the sharing of information veteran-to-veteran, America’s and Vietnam’s veterans are able to develop new sources of information to help resolve the issue of American and Vietnamese MIA.
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Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency. Fulfilling Our Nation's Promise. Vietnam War Accounting. Since 1973, the remains of more than 1,000 Americans killed in the Vietnam War have been identified and returned to their families for burial with full military honors.
http://www.dpaa.mil/Our-Missing/Vietnam-War/
U.S. Army veteran, declared dead, possibly found living in remote Vietnam village 44 years after being gunned down, insiders claim. MIA vet started 2nd life in remote Vietnam village. 1  facebook. 2  Tweet. 3  email.
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The M.I.A. Issue. During the course of the Vietnamese conflict, hundreds of Americans were incarcerated in Vietnamese prisons in North Vietnam, South Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, and China. Many lived in barbaric conditions.
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how many mia vets in vietnam
There are 300,000 MIA vets in Vietnam. There are 3,00,000 missing in action Vets in Vietnam. 300,000 mia vets in vietnam.