MIA/POW

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Persian Gulf War Original POW-MIA

All MIA 'officially' listed as KIA

Remains Identified as
Navy Captain Michael Scott Speicher

The Armed Forces Institute of Pathology (AFIP) has positively identified remains recovered in Iraq as those of Captain Michael Scott Speicher. Captain Speicher was shot down flying a combat mission in an F/A-18 Hornet over west-central Iraq on January 17th, 1991 during Operation Desert Storm.

"Our thoughts and prayers are with Captain Speicher's family for the ultimate sacrifice he made for his country," said Ray Mabus, Secretary of the Navy. "I am also extremely grateful to all those who have worked so tirelessly over the last 18 years to bring Captain Speicher home."

"Our Navy will never give up looking for a shipmate, regardless of how long or how difficult that search may be," said Admiral Gary Roughead, Chief of Naval Operations. "We owe a tremendous debt of gratitude to Captain Speicher and his family for the sacrifice they have made for our nation and the example of strength they have set for all of us."

Acting on information provided by an Iraqi citizen in early July, US Marines stationed in Al Anbar Province went to a location in the desert which was believed to be the crash site of Captain Speicher's jet. The Iraqi citizen stated he knew of two Iraqi citizens who recalled an American jet impacting the desert and the remains of the pilot being buried in the desert. One of these Iraqi citizens stated that they were present when Captain Speicher was found dead at the crash site by Bedouins and his remains buried. The Iraqi citizens led US Marines to the site who searched the area. Remains were recovered over several days during the past week and flown to Dover Air Force Base for scientific identification by the AFIP's Office of the Armed Forces Medical Examiner.

The recovered remains include bones and multiple skeletal fragments. Positive identification was made by comparing Captain Speicher's dental records with the jawbone recovered at the site. The teeth are a match, both visually and radiographically.

While dental records have confirmed the remains to be those of Captain Speicher, the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology DNA Lab in Rockville, Maryland is running DNA tests on the remains recovered in Iraq and comparing them to DNA reference samples previously provided by family members. Results will take approximately 24 hours.

POWs - Released
USMC LTC Clifford M. Acree :: USAF CAPT William F. Andrews
USMC CAPT Michael C. Berryman :: USA MAJ Rhonda L. Cornum
USA SGT Troy A. Dunlap :: USAF COL David W. Eberly
USAF LTC Jeffrey D. Fox :: USAF MAJ Thomas E. Griffith
USMC CWO Guy L. Hunter :: USA PFC Lenn R. Jeffries
USA SPC David Lockett :: USA SPC Melissa Rathbun-Nealy
USA Lt. Kevin L. Rice :: USAF CAPT Harry M. Roberts
USMC CAPT Russell A. C. Sanborn :: USN LT Lawrence Randolph Slade
USMC MAJ Joseph J. Small :: USA SGT Daniel J. Stamaris, Jr.
USAF CAPT Richard D. Storr :: USAF 1 LT Robert J. Sweet
USAF MAJ Jeffrey S. Tice :: USN LT Robert Wetzel
USN LT Jeffrey Zaun

MIAs - Status Changed to KIA
USMC LCPL Thomas R. Adams, Jr. :: USAF 1 LT Jorge I. Arteaga
USA SSG Michael R. Allen :: USA SSG David R. Ames
USA CWO Michael F. Anderson
USAF SSG Thomas C. Bland, Jr. :: USAF SSG John P. Blessinger
USAF SMSGT Paul G. Buege :: USA SPC David Bush
USMC CPT William D. Cronin, Jr. :: USAF SGT Barry M. Clark
USN LT JG Patrick K. Conner :: USN LT Cdr Barry T. Cooke
USA SGT Christopher J. Chapman
USMC CAPT Gary S. Dillon :: USMC CPT Kevin R. Dolvin
USN Lt Robert J. Dwyer :: USN 3-C Anthony J. Fleming
USAF CPT Arthur Galvan :: USAF CAPT William D. Grimm
USAF 1 LT Eric D. Hedeen :: USMC CPT William J. Hurley
USAF LTC Donnie R. Holland
USAF SSG Timothy R. Harrison :: USAF TSgt Robert K. Hodges
USAF SSG Damon V. Kanuha
USMC SGT Kenneth T. Keller :: USMC SGT John R. Kilkus
USAF MSGT James B. May , II MIA
USAF CPT Jon J. Olson :: USAF TSgt John L. Oelschlager
USMC CPL Timothy W. Romei
USN Lt Cdr Michael S. Speicher
USAF SSG Mark J. Schmauss :: USMC CPT David Spellacy
USN LT Charlie Turner :: USAF CPT Dixon L. Walters, Jr.
USAF MAJ Paul J. Weaver :: USMC CPT James Wilbourn

Civilians
Bob Simon :: Juan Caldera :: Peter Bluff
Robert Alvarez - CBS News

DPMO Official Desert Storm Captives/Unaccounted-for

NAME VEHICLE LOSS DATE STATUS RELEASE DATE
Speicher, M.S. F-18 17 Jan 91 Missing/Captured
Zaun, J.N. A-6 07 Jan 91 Released 03 Mar 91
Wetzel, R Released 03 Mar 91
Holland, D.R. F-15 17 Jan 91 KIA-BR
Koritz, T.F. KIA-BR
Costen, W.T. A-6 18 Jan 91 KIA-BR
Turner, C.J. KIA-BR
Acree, C. OV-10 18 Jan 91 Released 06 Mar 91
Hunter, G. Released 06 Mar 91
Eberly, D.W. F-15 19 Jan 91 Released 06 Mar 91
Griffith, T.E. Released 03 Mar 91
Roberts, H.M. F-16 19 Jan 91 Released 06 Mar 91
Tice, J.S. F-16 19 Jan 91 Released 06 Mar 91
Slade, L.R. F-14 21 Jan 91 Released 03 Mar 91
Berryman, M.C. AV-8 28 Jan 91 Released 06 Mar 91
Nealy, M. Truck 30 Jan 91 Released 03 Mar 91
Lockett, D. Released 03 Mar 91
Weaver, P.J. AC-130 31 Jan 91 KIA-BR
Walters, D.L. KIA-BR
Galvan, A. KIA-BR
Grimm, W.D. KIA-BR
Bland, T.C. KIA-BR
Buege, P.G. KIA-BR
May, J.B. KIA-BR
Hodges, R.K. KIA-BR
Schmauss, J.J. KIA-BR
Oelschlager, J. KIA-BR
Kanuha, D.V. KIA-BR
Blessinger, J. KIA-BR
Harrison, T.R. KIA-BR
Clark, B.M. KIA-BR
Cooke, B.T. A-6 02 Feb 91 KIA-BNR
Connor, P.K. KIA-BR
Storr, R.D. A-10 02 Feb 91 Released 06 Mar 91
Dwyer, R.J. F-18 05 Feb 91 KIA-BNR
Sanborn, R.A.C. AV-8 09 Feb 91 Released 06 Mar 91
Sweet, R.J. A-10 15 Feb 91 Released 06 Mar 91
Phillis, S.R. A-10 15 Feb 91 KIA-BR
Fox, J.D. OA-10 19 Feb 91 Released 06 Mar 91
Wilbourn, J.N. AV-8 23 Feb 91 KIA-BR
Small, J.J. OV-10 25 Feb 91 Released 06 Mar 91
Spellacy, D.M. KIA-BR
Underwood, R. AV-8 27 Feb 91 KIA-BR
Andrews, W.F. F-16 27 Feb 91 Released 06 Mar 91
Cornum, R.S. UH-60 27 Feb 91 Released 06 Mar 91
Dunlap, T.A. Released 06 Mar 91
Stamaris, D.J. Released 06 MAr 91

Notes: KIA-BR = Killed in Action, Body Recovered.
KIA-BNR = Killed in Action, Body not Recovered.