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Unreturned Heroes Roster of names   ——  Faces of our Unreturned Heroes

Extensive research has been conducted by the Joint Special Operations Association/Special Forces Association POW/MIA Committee, with assistance from the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) and volunteer researcher Bonnie Cooper, to identify those still missing and unaccounted-for who would have been eligible to join the Special Operations Association (SOA) had they returned home.

We are confident that we have identified the 132 personnel that fit that category. Ground losses of MACV Studies and Observations Group (SOG), the Mobile Strike Force (Mike Force), White Star, and other eligible Army units account for 86 personnel still missing. Eight of those men are stilled carried in the category of Last Known Alive (LKA), the highest priority of accounting efforts. Air support losses still missing total 46 (22 USAF, 3 USMC, the remainder US Army).

At SOAR XLV, the Special Operations Association will host a Memorial Breakfast for our unreturned heroes on Wednesday, 20 October 2021. Guest speakers are planned from DPAA, the National League of POW/ MIA Families, the Defense Intelligence Agency’s “Stony Beach” Project (the only intelligence-gathering agency dedicated solely to the missing of the Vietnam War), Special Forces Charitable Trust, SOA and SFA, and families of the missing.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”15px”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_video link=”https://vimeo.com/362605518″ el_width=”70″ align=”center”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row]