Repatriated by:
Country	Current
Vietnam	608
China	3
Laos	210
Cambodia	29
Total	850

	Current
Firsthand Live Sightings	1,989
Hearsay Sighting Reports	5,281
Crash/Grave Sites	5,784
Dog tags	9,783
Total	22,837

 

• Of the 1977 firsthand reports received since 1975, 1942 (or 97.64%) reports are resolved.

  • 1341 (67.42%) 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 (2.26%) reports correlate to wartime sightings of military personnel or pre-1975 sighting of civilians who remain unaccounted for.

  • 556 (27.95%) reports were determined to be fabrications.

• The remaining 47  (2.36%) unresolved firsthand reports represent the focus of the U.S. Government analytical and collection efforts:

  • 43 (2.16%) pertain to Americans reported in a captive environment.

  • 4  (0.20%) reported sightings of Americans in a non-captive environment (i.e., working as truck drivers; married with Vietnamese family).

• Since mid-1982, 9,783 "dog tag" reports on 10,000 individuals reveal the following trends:

  • Generally speaking 93% of those names reported are individuals who returned to the U.S. alive

  • 5% correspond to U.S. remains that have been recovered/identified and buried in the U.S.

  • and 2% relate to individuals who remain unaccounted for.

• In all instances, dog tag reports receive thorough investigative attention, to include informing the military services of those reports with valid names so next of kin can be advised as appropriate.

The following timeline presents an overview of unresolved firsthand sightings by the year of the sighting:

Timeline: Unresolved Live Sighting Reports