POW/MIA
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…
POW/MIA Affairs Committee Update November/December 2018
December 21, 2018
BY GRANT COATES, CHAIR Since April the Defense Prisoner of War/Missing in Action Agency (DPAA) has announced identifications of U.S. personnel missing from the Vietnam War listed below: Name Branch Incident Country Lt. Cmdr. Larry…
Chapter 542 Hosts Documentary Showing
November 9, 2018
[caption id="attachment_15872" align="alignright" width="300"] John Travers, upper right, was an all-state basketball player before he was a war hero.[/caption] Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 542 and the Central Pennsylvania Roundtable recently hosted a viewing of the Vietnam…
Chapter 437 Holds POW/MIA Remembrance
October 12, 2018
Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 437 in Oshkosh, Wis., celebrated Annual POW/MIA Recognition Day last month with a ceremony featuring guest speaker Kevin Hermening, the youngest American to be held as a prisoner of war at the…
Chapter 949 President Speaks for POW/MIA Day
September 21, 2018
Ron Wrobelewski, president of Vietnam Veterans of America’s Tri-State Chapter 949, spoke at a National POW and MIA Recognition Day ceremony in Gallipolis, Ohio, today. POW and MIA Recognition Day is observed annually on the…