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Download official Senate Record PDFReturn to issue contextTHIRD FRIDAY OF SEPTEMBER SHOULD BE RECOGNIZED AS “NATIONAL POW/MIA
RECOGNITION DAY”
Mrs. MOODY submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services:
S. Res. 869
Whereas the term “POW/MIA” refers to prisoners of war and
missing-in-action military personnel who either are or were
held unwillingly by the enemy or whose whereabouts during and
after wartime and cease-fire remain unknown;
Whereas, according to the Department of Defense, over
80,000 United States servicemembers are missing in action,
about 41,000 are presumed lost at sea, and approximately
38,000 are recoverable;
Whereas unaccounted for personnel include Department of
Defense personnel, both military and civilian, civilian
contractors of other Federal departments and agencies,
employees of humanitarian agencies accredited to the Armed
Forces, members of civilian organizations credited with
active military service by the Secretary of Defense, and
citizens of the United States and other persons as directed
by the Secretary of Defense;
Whereas the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, an agency
within the Department of Defense, reports the numbers for
POW/MIA servicemembers based on conflict to be—
(1) 73,687 from World War II;
(2) 8,157 from the Korean War;
(3) 2,633 from the Vietnam War;
(4) 128 from the Cold War; and
(5) 6 from armed conflicts since 1991;
Whereas, since the early 1970s when United States POW/MIA
recovery efforts began, the number of recovered persons based
on conflict have been—
(1) 1,904 from World War II, with 71,783 still unaccounted
for;
(2) 777 from the Korean War, with 7,380 still unaccounted
for;
(3) 1,067 from the Vietnam War, with 1,566 still
unaccounted for;
(4) 2 from the Cold War, with 126 still unaccounted for;
and
(5) 0 from the Gulf wars and Libya, with 6 still
unaccounted for;
Whereas roughly 75 percent of POW/MIA are in the Asia-
Pacific region;
Whereas, by State, the 5 States with the highest number of
unaccounted POW/MIA are—
(1) New York (6,354);
(2) California (6,306);
(3) Pennsylvania (5,343);
(4) Illinois (4,115); and
(5) Texas (4,085);
Whereas, by State, the 5 States with the highest number of
recovered POW/MIA are—
(1) California (383);
(2) New York (240);
(3) Texas (235);
(4) Ohio (202); and
(5) Pennsylvania (198);
Whereas, in 1972, the POW/MIA flag was adopted;
Whereas, in 1982, the POW/MIA flag became the first flag to
fly over the White House other than the United States flag;
and
Whereas the National POW/MIA Flag Act (Public Law 116-67;
36 U.S.C. 101 note), enacted in 2019, requires the POW/MIA
flag to be flown on Federal properties when the United States
flag is being flown: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved, That the Senate—
(1) acknowledges that the Federal Government has the moral
obligation to fully account for United States POW/MIA and to
mitigate the number of POW/MIA in future conflicts;
(2) expresses sincere gratitude to the POW/MIA of every
conflict who selflessly, bravely, and boldly fought for the
freedoms Americans have today at the cost of their own lives;
(3) expresses support for the designation of “National
POW/MIA Recognition Day”; and
(4) encourages all Americans to properly honor the service
and sacrifice of all POW/MIA on such day by—
(A) participating in POW/MIA commemorative celebrations in
local communities;
(B) appropriately displaying the POW/MIA flag; and
(C) performing acts of good will, compassion, and service
for the family members of POW/MIA.