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American Prisoners of War
Congress defines a prisoner of war as a person who, while serving on
active military, naval, or air service, is forcibly detained or interned
in the line of duty by an enemy government or a hostile force.
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Total |
WWI |
WWII |
Korea |
Vietnam |
Persian Gulf |
Somalia |
Iraq |
| Captured and interned |
142,246 |
4,120 |
130,201 |
7,140 |
725 |
47 |
1 |
9 |
| Returned to U.S. military control |
125,213 |
3,973 |
116,129 |
4,418 |
660 |
21 |
1 |
8 |
| Alive on Jan. 1, 1982 |
93,030 |
633 |
87,996 |
3,770 |
631 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Died while POW |
17,010 |
147 |
14,072 |
2,701 |
65 |
25 |
0 |
0 |
| Alive at the end of 2005 |
29,350 |
0 |
26,750 |
2,000 |
579 |
21 |
1 |
8 |
NOTES: n.a. = not applicable. Not included are
military personnel considered missing in action: WWII, 78,773; Korea,
8,100; Vietnam, 1,807 (as of 2005); the Persian Gulf, 2; and Iraq,
1..
Source: U.S. Department of Veterans
Affairs.
Information Please® Database, © 2007 Pearson
Education, Inc. All rights reserved.
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