Since 1975

Of the 1,996 firsthand reports received since 1975, 1,941 (97.24%) reports are resolved.


• 1,340 (67.13%) 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 (2.25%) reports were correlated to wartime sightings of military personnel or pre-1975 sighting of civilians who remain unaccounted for.

• 556 (27.86%) reports were determined to be fabrications.
  
  The remaining 55 (2.76%) unresolved firsthand reports represent the focus of the U.S. Government analytical and collection efforts:
  

• 48 (2.40%) pertain to Americans reported in a captive environment.

• 7 (0.35%) reported sightings of Americans in a non-captive environment (i.e. working as truck drivers, married with Vietnamese families).
  
  Since mid-1982, 10,018 “dog tag” reports have been received on over 10,000 names.
  

• 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.

• 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.
  

Timeline: Uresolved Live Sighting Reports

Captive

Non-Captive