POW & MIA
MIA estimates all wars
WAR OF THE REVOLUTION 19 Aril 1775 - 20 September 1783
Participants: 250,000 :: POWs: 18,152 :: MIAs: 1,426 :: Deaths In Service: 6,824
WAR OF 1812 18 June 1812 - 24 December 1814
Participants: 286,730 :: POWs: 20,000 :: MIAs: 695 :: Deaths In Service: 2,260
MEXICAN WAR 24 April 1846 - 2 February 1848
Participants: 78,718 :: POWs: 20,000 : : MIAs: 695 :: Deaths In Service: 2,260
INDIAN WARS US Date 1815 - December1890
Participants: 106,000 :: POWs: Many, few survived :: MIAs: Many :: Deaths In
Service: 1,000
Aboriginal American Date 1540 - 2004
Participants: Unknown, in the millions :: POWs-MIAs: Unknown - Aboriginal
Americans are the longest held documented POWs, serving into the 20th Century in
excess of 28 years :: Deaths In Service: Millions
CIVIL WAR 12 April 1861 - 26 May 1865
Union Participants: 2,213,365 :: Union POWs: 194,743 :: Union Deaths In Service:
364,511
Confederate Participants: 1,082,119 :: Confederate POWs: 214,865 :: Confederate
Deaths In Service: 134,563
SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR 21 April 1898 - 12 August 1898
Participants: 260,000 :: POWs: 8 :: MIAs: 72 Deaths In Service: 2,446
WORLD WAR I 6 April 1917 - 11 November 1918
Participants: 4,743,826 :: POWs: 7,470 :: MIAs: 116,708 :: Deaths In Service:
116,708
WORLD WAR II 7 December 1941 - 2 September 1945
Participants: 16,353,659 :: POWs: 124,079 :: MIAs: 30,314
Deaths in Service: Some (Disputed Numbers)
• DoD: 291,557 KIA + 113,842 other = 405,399
Civilian: Britannica: 6,000
U.S. Merchant Marine: 8,300 mariners killed at sea, at least 1,100 died from
wounds. Total killed estimated 9,300. [http://www.usmm.org/ww2.html]
• All (undifferentiated):
• Messenger: 300,000
COLD WAR 2 September 1945 - 21 August 1991
Participants: Classified :: POWs: Classified :: MIAs: 343 :: Deaths In Service:
Classified :: Deaths In Service: 407,316 ERA
KOREAN WAR 25 June 1950 - 27 July 1953
Participants: 5,764,143 :: POWs: 7,140 :: MIAs: 8,177 :: Deaths In Service:
36,940
SECOND INDOCHINA (Vietnam) WAR 08 July 1959 - 27
January 1973
Active Duty: 9,087,000 :: In-Country: 2,594,000 :: POWs: 2,583 :: MIAs:
3000-6000 :: Deaths In Service: 58,486
USS PUEBLO 23 January 1968 - 23 December 1968
Incident Personnel: 82 :: POWs: 82 :: POW Deaths In Incident: 1
GRENADA 25 October 1983 - 2 November 1983
Participants: 2,700 :: POWs: Unknown :: MIAs: 4 :: Deaths In Service: 20
USS STARK 17 May 1987
Participants: Unknown :: MIAs: 1 :: Deaths In Service: 36
PERSIAN GULF WAR 16 January 1991 - 27 February 1991
Participants: 650,000 :: POWs - MIAs: 52 :: Deaths In Service: 255
SOMALIA 02 December 1992 - 15 September 1994
Participants: Classified :: POWs: 6 :: MIAs: 2 :: Deaths In Service: 44
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THE MISSING AMERICAN
(The MIA's Prayer)
When I left you, America,
my body brimmed with youth
I was proud to heed your call
to stand for right and truth
I left my home, the ones I love,
within your warm embrace
How they must grieve to think
that I am lost without a trace.
The years have drained my strength away,
but faith in you remains
I'm living on my thoughts of you;
they can't be held by chains
Though I am old before my time,
I hope I've stood the test
America, please come for me;
I hunger so to rest.
Through days and nights and toil
and tears, enduring all alone
Despair and pain sweep over me
and chill me to the bone
I've done the very best I can;
I tell myself, "Hold on."
America will hear my call;
she'll come and take me home.
America, where are you?
Don't leave me all alone
I long to rest within your arms
Please come and take me home.
(C) Copyright 1991 Franklin Rogers
All Rights Reserved (note Permission given to Paul to use non commercially. Frank.)
