POW/MIA
POW/MIA Affairs Committee Update July/August 2021
July 15, 2021
BY GRANT COATES, CHAIR According to the Defense Prisoner of War/Missing in Action Accounting Agency, as of June 8 there were 1,584 still missing from the Vietnam War. There have been no U.S. personnel accounted…
POW/MIA Affairs Committee Update May/June 2021
June 28, 2021
BY GRANT COATES, CHAIR According to the Defense Prisoner of War/Missing in Action Accounting Agency (DPAA), as of April 15, there were 1,584 still missing from the Vietnam War. One U.S. Navy officer has been…
POW/MIA Affairs Committee Update March/April 2021
March 29, 2021
BY GRANT COATES, CHAIR In accordance with VVA Convention Resolution P-7, here is the annual report of the Prisoner of War/Missing in Action (POW/MIA) Committee: PM-3 Declassification of Information and Diligent Effort: The POW/MIA Committee…
POW/MIA Affairs Committee Update January/February 2021
February 6, 2021
BY GRANT COATES, CHAIR The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced last September that U.S. Air Force Maj. Paul A. Avolese of East Meadow, New York, killed during the Vietnam War, had been accounted for. According…
POW/MIA Affairs Committee Update November/December 2020
November 25, 2020
BY GRANT COATES, CHAIR The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced September 25 that U.S. Air Force Maj. Paul A. Avolese, 35, of East Meadow, N.Y., was accounted for on September 21. On July 7,…
POW/MIA Affairs Committee Update September/October 2020
September 10, 2020
BY GRANT COATES, CHAIR The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced on July 14 that U.S. Air Force 1st Lt. Alva R. Krogman, 25, who was killed during the Vietnam War, had been accounted for the…
POW/MIA Affairs Committee Update July/August 2020
June 29, 2020
BY GRANT COATES, CHAIR In this 27th year of the Veterans Initiative Program, 27 missions to Vietnam have been completed. VVA has delivered 303 cases containing information submitted by U.S. veterans on the location or…
POW/MIA Affairs Committee Update July/August 2019
September 19, 2019
BY GRANT COATES, CHAIR According to the Defense Prisoner of War/Missing in Action Accounting Agency (DPAA), as of June 10 there remain 1,589 missing from the Vietnam War. On February 25 DPAA announced that Navy…
Chapter 203 Honors Woodruff, Holds Chair Ceremony
September 10, 2019
Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 203 honored its chaplain, George Woodruff, on Aug. 19. Air Force Airman First Class Woodruff served in Vietnam during 1970-1971, and was presented with an Achievement Medal. The chapter also performed…
POW/MIA Affairs Committee Update January/February 2019
February 21, 2019
BY GRANT COATES, CHAIR According to the Defense Prisoner of War/Missing in Action Accounting Agency (DPAA), 1,592 remain missing from the Vietnam War. The Vietnamese Government transferred three sets of remains believed to be those…