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Southeast Asia Statistics Source: DPMO - 27 MAR 02 |
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| BACKGROUND: The Department of Defense, Washington Headquarters Service, and the Department of State report the current number of Americans who are unaccounted for in Southeast Asia: |
| AMERICANS UNACCOUNTED FOR IN SOUTHEAST ASIA |
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| COMPONENT/COUNTRY | VN | VS | LA | CB | CH | TOTALS |
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| ARMY | 9 | 474 | 101 | 26 | 0 | 610 |
| NAVY | 272 | 90 | 28 | 1 | 8 | 399 |
| AIR FORCE | 212 | 160 | 252 | 18 | 0 | 642 |
| MARINE CORPS | 23 | 195 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 242 |
| COAST GUARD | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| CIVILIANS | 1 | 20 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 38 |
| TOTALS | 517 | 940 | 409 | 58 | 8 | 1932 * |
| PURSUIT STATUS | ||||||
| FURTHER PURSUIT | 199 | 472 | 349 | 45 | 4 | 1069 |
| DEFERRED | 67 | 111 | 27 | 2 | 1 | 208 |
| NO FURTHER PURSUIT | 251 | 357 | 33 | 11 | 3 | 655 |
| TOTALS | 517 | 940 | 409 | 58 | 8 | 1932 |
| ACCOUNTING FOR U.S. PERSONNEL: The Central Identification Laboratory, Hawaii reports that since 1973, the U.S. has accounted for 653 Americans from Southeast Asia. |
| Vietnam * | 468/B> |
| Laos | 158 |
| Cambodia | 25 |
| China ** | 2 |
| Total *** | 653/B> |
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NOTES:
* 34 remains from the Official Died in Captivity Lists provided by the Vietnamese in 1973. ** 2 ashes returned from China. *** 4 remains were recovered and turned over to the U.S. by indigenous personnel; 1 from North Vietnam and 3 from Laos. They are included in the country count. |
| U.S. GOVERNMENT EFFORTS: Since the fall of Saigon in 1975, the U.S. Government has acquired 21,895 reports possibly pertaining to Americans in Southeast Asia: |
| SUMMARY OF REPORTS | |
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| FIRSTHAND LIVE SIGHTINGS | 1914 |
| HEARSAY SIGHTINGS REPORTS | 4875 |
| CRASH/GRAVE SITES | 5346 |
| DOGTAGS | 9760 |
| TOTALS | 21,895 |
| a. Of the 1914 firsthand reports received since 1975, 1897 (99.11%) reports are resolved. |
 1321 (69.02%) reports were equated to Americans who are accounted for (i.e., PW returnees, missionaries, civilians jailed at various times for violation of Vietnamese codes.)45 (2.35%) reports were correlated to wartime sightings of military personnel or pre-1975 sighting of civilians who remain unaccounted for.531 (27.74%) reports were determined to be fabrications. |
| b. The remaining 17 (0.89%) unresolved firsthand reports represent the focus of the U.S. Government analytical and collection efforts: |
| 16 (0.84%) pertain to Americans reported in a captive environment.1 (0.05%) reported sightings of Americans in a non-captive environment (i.e. working as truck drivers; married with Vietnamese family). |
| c. The following timeline presents an overview of unresolved firsthand sightings by the year of the sighting: |
| TIMELINE: UNRESOLVED LIVE SIGHTING REPORTS | |||||||||||
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| Pre-76 | 76-80 | 81-85 | 86-90 | 91-95 | 96 | 97 | 98 | 99 | 00 | 01 | TOTAL |
| 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
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