The following information comes from the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency...

Operation Iraqi Freedom

 Mr. Kirk Von Ackermann, DOD Contractor, was lost on October 9, 2003 while working at Forward Operating Base Pacesetter.

 Mr. Timothy E Bell, DOD Contractor, was lost on April 9, 2004 while working in Baghdad.

Mr. Adnan al-Hilawi, DOD Contractor, was lost March 3, 2007 while working in Baghdad.

 Operation Desert Storm

Lt. Cmdr. Barry T. Cooke, US Navy, was lost on February 2, 1991 when his A-6 aircraft went down in the Persian Gulf.

 Lt. Robert J. Dwyer, US Navy, was lost on February 5, 1991 when his FA-18 aircraft went down in the Persian Gulf.

Operation El Dorado Canyon

Captain Paul F. Lorence, US Air Force, was lost on April 15, 1986 when his F-111 aircraft was downed during a strike over Libya.

 

Vietnam

The U.S. government continues to account for Americans missing in Southeast Asia from the Vietnam War.  Since 1973, the remains of 1064 Americans killed in that war have been returned and identified.  Many have been buried with full military honors in accordance with the wishes of surviving family members.  Efforts continue to recover the 1,577 Americans who remain unaccounted-for from the conflict.  Of those, 38 are North Carolinians.

North Carolina's missing from the Vietnam War...

Military Service	Name	Loss Rank	Date of Incident	Home of Record
USMC	Avery, Robert D	O2	1968/05/03	Morganton, NC
USN	Belknap, Harry J	O1	1966/06/23	Jonas Ridge, NC
USAF	Borden, Murray L	O2	1966/10/13	Goldsboro, NC
USN	Brice, Eric Parker	O3	1968/06/04	Rocky Mount, NC
USN	Brown, Edward D Jr	O2	1965/07/29	Charlotte, NC
USN	Canup, Franklin H Jr	E5	1967/01/14	Concord, NC
USAF	Clarke, Fred L	E6	1968/12/13	Troutman, NC
USAF	Cook, Glenn R	O2	1969/10/21	Charlotte, NC
USA	Craven, Andrew J	E3	1968/05/12	Wilmington, NC
USAF	Crews, John H III	O2	1968/05/22	Asheville, NC
USA	Cristman, Frederick L	W1	1971/03/19	Salisbury, NC
USA	Curlee, Robert L Jr	E6	1965/06/10	Monroe, NC
USA	Echevarria, Raymond L	E8	1966/10/03	Fayetteville, NC
USAF	Gatwood, Robin F Jr	O2	1972/04/02	Hickory, NC
USN	Gore, Paul E	E6	1969/10/02	Faison, NC
USAF	Gravitte, Connie M	O3	1966/06/17	Cavel, NC
USMC	Hargrove, Joseph N	E3	1975/05/15	Mt Olive, NC
USA	Harris, Harold L	E3	1966/10/22	Durham, NC
USA	Howard, Luther H	E4	1967/06/30	Hamlet, NC
USAF	Howell, Carter A	O2	1972/03/07	Fayetteville, NC
USN	Huie, Litchfield P	O3	1967/02/27	Warsaw, NC
USA	Jamerson, Larry C	E4	1968/04/21	Rosman, NC
USA	Johnson, William D	E3	1968/01/19	Rocky Mount, NC
USA	Lewis, Charlie G	E7	1967/05/17	Fayetteville, NC
USN	Lewis, Larry G	O2	1971/02/27	Asheville, NC
USA	Luttrell, James M	E6	1971/05/10	Fayetteville, NC
USAF	McDaniel, John L	O4	1968/04/26	Gibsonville, NC
USA	Moore, Jerry L	E3	1969/02/16	Cleveland, NC
USA	Morrow, Larry K	E4	1972/05/29	Lowell, NC
USA	Omelia, Dennis W	W1	1971/01/03	Smithfield, NC
USAF	Palmgren, Edwin D	O5	1968/04/22	Winston-Salem, NC
USA	Staton, Robert M Jr	E4	1967/11/11	Jamesville, NC
USAF	Sutton, William C	E7	1970/01/28	Goldsboro, NC
USA	Watson, Jimmy L	W2	1968/03/13	Lucama, NC
USA	Weaks, Melvin, L	E3	1971/08/18	Concord, NC
USAF	Wellons, Phillip R	O4	1970/08/17	Raleigh, NC
USMC	Wilson, Wayne V	E3	1967/07/02	Thomasville, NC
USN	Wood, Walter S	O4	1966/05/02	Ft Bragg, NC

Cold War

From the closing days of World War II until the fall of the Berlin Wall, our nation led the struggle to save the free and democratic countries of the world from communist aggression. In addition to the thousands of service members who fought communist forces during "hot" wars such as Korea and Vietnam, many risked -- and some lost -- their lives while collecting vital intelligence on military forces of the Soviet Bloc, the People's Republic of China, and North Korea during "peacetime." The sacrifice made by these Cold War Warriors enabled the United States and our allies to contain the threat of communist expansion until the collapse of the Soviet Union.

DPAA is currently investigating 14 missions from the Cold War era in which aircrew members were lost and remain unaccounted-for. Available evidence suggests that most of these incidents were over-water losses. A total of 128 American personnel went missing on these missions. DPAA and its predecessor organizations have identified 2 individuals and returned them to their families. 126 Americans remain unaccounted-for.

Korean War

Since 1973, the remains of more than 670 Americans killed in the Korean War have been identified and returned to their families for burial with full military honors. This is in addition to the roughly 2,000 Americans whose remains were identified in the years following the end of hostilities when the North Korean government returned over 3,000 sets of remains to U.S. custody.

Today, nearly 7,500 Americans are still unaccounted-for from the Korean War, hundreds of whom are believed to be in a "non-recoverable" category, meaning that after rigorous investigation DPAA has determined that the individual perished but does not believe it is possible to recover the remains. On rare occasions, new leads can bring a case back to active status.

The DPAA currently lists 7,483 personnel as missing from the Korean War.

Of those, 183 are North Carolinians.

North Carolina's missing from the Korean War...

Military Service	Name	Loss Rank	Status	Date of Incident	Home of Record* (may be listed by county or town)
USA	Amos, Charles G	E4	MIA	1951/10/12	Cherokee, NC
USA	Avent, David	E4	MIA	1951/10/11	Nash, NC
USA	Baker, Baxter L Jr	O4	POW	1951/05/19	Mecklenburg, NC
USA	Baker, Eddie C	E3	MIA	1950/12/06	Washington, NC
USMC	Barrett, Frank R	E4	MIA	1952/12/27	Forest City, NC
USA	Bell, William G	E3	MIA	1951/02/12	Forsyth, NC
USA	Blount, John C	E3	MIA	1950/11/27	Washington, NC
USA	Boyd, Joseph E	E2	MIA	1951/01/25	NC
USA	Boykin, Freeman E	E3	MIA	1952/05/14	Duplin, NC
USA	Branton, J. W.	E7	POW	1950/12/01	Iredell, NC
USA	Brendle, Furman T	E5	KIA	1950/11/29	Macon, NC
USA	Bridges, Lolan O	E5	MIA	1950/12/02	Rutherford, NC
USA	Bright, Carlton, R	E4	MIA	1950/12/02	Pasquotank, NC
USA	Brintle, Charles E	E3	KIA	1952/01/12	Surry, NC
USAF	Britton, Peter J	O2	MIA	1952/10/29	Winston-Salem, NC
USA	Brooks, John H	E4	MIA	1950/12/12	Bertie, NC
USA	Brower, George T	E7	MIA	1950/07/29	Anson, NC
USN	Brown, Gerald R	O1	KIA	1952/06/02	NC
USA	Brown, William L Jr	E5	POW	1951/02/13	Burke, NC
USA	Bryant, Robert	E7	POW	1950/11/28	Cumberland, NC
USA	Bulluck, Mark B	E3	MIA	1952/10/24	Edgecombe, NC
USA	Bunting, Worth L	E5	POW	1950/07/11	Alamance, NC
USA	Bynum, Jackie B	E3	KIA	1950/12/19	Wilkes, NC
USA	Carr, Bejamin F	E8	POW	1950/11/26	Pamlico, NC
USA	Carrouth, Ralph N	E4	POW	1950/07/29	Cabarrus, NC
USA	Casper, Charles D	E4	POW	1950/07/12	Gates, NC
USN	Cauthen, Brenice	E4	KIA	1950/10/12	Monroe, NC
USA	Chapman, Charles W	E3	MIA	1952/10/06	Burke, NC
USA	Chapman, William M	E8	MIA	1950/12/03	Marion, NC
USA	Chappell, Everett F	E4	MIA	1951/02/13	Montgomery, NC
USA	Clark, Clinton	E4	MIA	1950/11/29	Edgecombe, NC
USA	Clendenin, Robert N	E2	KIA	1950/12/15	Iredell, NC
USA	Clinkscale, Harold	E3	POW	1951/02/12	Mecklenburg, NC
USA	Cook, McKinley C	E5	MIA	1950/12/01	Buncombe, NC
USA	Corbin, James W	E4	POW	1951/02/12	Wake, NC
USA	Council, William E	E7	POW	1950/07/14	Chatham, NC
USA	Crawford, Ellis Jr	E5	MIA	1950/09/04	Gilford, NC
USA	Crouse, William F Jr	E5	MIA	1951/02/12	Forsyth, NC
USMC	Crutchfield, James H	O4	KIA	1951/11/04	Asheboro, NC
USA	Cunningham, William S	E4	MIA	1950/12/01	Lenoir, NC
USA	Davis, Morton C	E3	MIA	1950/12/01	Nash, NC
USAF	Dawson, Perry A	O3	POW	1951/09/02	Raleigh, NC
USA	Day, Warren C	E4	MIA	1950/12/12	Carteret, NC
USA	Dickerson, Dallas W	E3	POW	1951/02/13	Pitt, NC
USA	Dockery, Earl	E4	MIA	1950/12/03	Guilford, NC
USA	Drennen, Hugh J	E8	POW	1950/11/30	Durham, NC
USA	Dulin, Daniel	E4	KIA	1950/10/21	Cabarrus, NC
USA	Duncan, Earl W	E4	MIA	1950/12/02	Gaston, NC
USA	Edwards, Willie J	E3	MIA	1952/06/15	Pitt, NC
USA	England, Horace S	E7	POW	1950/11/28	Catawba, NC
USA	Eubanks, Guy T Jr	E7	MIA	1950/09/05	New Hanover, NC
USA	Eubanks, Randolph	E3	MIA	1950/11/19	Carteret, NC
USA	Evans, Wallis J	E4	MIA	1950/12/06	Gaston, NC
USA	Fisher, Alva R	E3	KIA	1952/07/10	Cumberland, NC
USA	Forsyth, Carl L Jr	E4	MIA	1950/11/30	Iredell, NC
USN	Freeman, Bobby E	E2	MIA	1950/09/26	Biltmore, NC
USA	Gilliam, Volney H	E5	POW	1951/02/13	Rockingham, NC
USMC	Gooden, David T	O3	KIA	1952/02/07	Elizabethtown, NC
USA	Green, William S Jr	E7	KIA	1952/01/12	McDowell, NC
USA	Grist, James R	O2	KIA	1950/11/30	Beaufort, NC
USAF	Guthrie, Edward S Jr	O2	MIA	1952/11/14	Asheville, NC
USA	Hall. Arthur J	E8	POW	1950/11/30	Robeson, NC
USA	Hardy, David E	E5	POW	1950/12/01	Rockingham, NC
USA	Harper, Alton E	E8	POW	1950/11/27	Edgecombe, NC
USA	Harvey, Roscoe, L	E5	POW	1950/12/01	New Hanover, NC
USA	Haynes, Robert F	O3	KIA	1950/11/28	Wake, NC
USA	Hedgepeth, Dollie	E4	POW	1950/12/01	Wake, NC
USA	Heritage, Willard F	E7	KIA	1950/11/28	Alamance, NC
USA	Herring, John O	E8	MIA	1950/12/01	Sampson, NC
USA	Hill, Clarence H	E4	MIA	1951/11/26	Wake, NC
USA	Holman, Albert C Jr	E4	POW	1950/07/20	Iredell, NC
USA	Hunt, Carl V	E4	MIA	1950/11/30	Davidson, NC
USA	Hunt, Gwyn R	E3	POW	1950/12/01	Wilkes, NC
USAF	Hyatt, Don	O3	MIA	1950/09/09	Asheville, NC
USAF	Ingold, William R	E4	MIA	1951/08/26	Stem, NC
USA	Jernigan, Carl O	E5	POW	1950/11/30	Cumberland, NC
USA	Johnson, John B	E3	POW	1950/12/15	Wilson, NC
USA	Jones, David R	E3	KIA	1950/11/28	Granville, NC
USA	Joyce, David A	E3	POW	1950/11/26	Rockingham, NC
USA	Kearney, Harry L	E3	POW	1950/12/01	Wake, NC
USA	Kearns. Carl L	E3	KIA	1950/09/02	Randolph, NC
USA	Kenan, Claude J	E3	POW	1950/11/27	Johnston, NC
USA	King, Leroy F	E5	MIA	1951/10/12	Durham, NC
USA	Kittrell, James L	E3	POW	1950/11/28	Guilford, NC
USAF	Knott, Gerald W	O1	KIA	1953/07/20	Oxford, NC
USA	Lane, Clarence E	E3	KIA	1950/11/30	Columbus, NC
USA	Lawson, Fred A	E5	MIA	1950/11/02	Rockingham, NC
USA	Lee, Jack	E5	MIA	1951/09/06	Guilford, NC
USA	Lefler, Harry E	E4	MIA	1950/11/26	Randolph, NC
USA	Lentz, Gerald L	E4	KIA	1952/07/03	Cabarrus, NC
USA	Littleton, I Lindley	E5	MIA	1950/09/01	Wayne, NC
USA	Lutterloh, Samuel A	O2	MIA	1952/09/02	Cumberland, NC
USA	Mann, James E	E3	MIA	1950/11/30	Nash, NC
USA	Marion, Christopher C	E7	POW	1950/11/30	Surry, NC
USA	Marley, Fred J	E3	KIA	1952/10/25	Caldwell, NC
USA	Marshall, Merlin E	E3	MIA	1953/04/18	Surry, NC
USA	Martin, Floyd W Jr	E8	KIA	1950/11/24	Yadkin, NC
USA	Mattocks, Herbert H	E3	KIA	1952/08/14	Jones, NC
USA	McCleain, Leroy	E3	MIA	1952/08/29	Durham, NC
USA	McCotter, James A	E4	MIA	1952/07/17	Pitt, NC
USA	McDonald, Roger G	E3	KIA	1950/11/30	New Hanover, NC
USA	McDuffie, Clem D	E3	KIA	1950/11/30	Richmond, NC
USA	McKinnon, Vanderberg	E4	MIA	1952/09/19	Hoke, NC
USA	McLean, Artis	E2	KIA	1950/12/22	Cumberland, NC
USA	McLellan, John W	E7	POW	1950/11/28	Robeson, NC
USA	McNeill, Curtis	E3	POW	1950/11/11	Cumberland, NC
USA	Menser, Cloyd L	E3	KIA	1950/09/21	Iredell, NC
USA	Miller, Bobby	E3	POW	1951/04/25	Haywood, NC
USA	Miller, Darden D	E4	MIA	1950/07/27	Bertie, NC
USA	Miller, Joseph E	E4	POW	1951/02/12	Cabarrus, NC
USA	Mills, Ezekiel C	E5	POW	1950/11/30	Pitt, NC
USA	Moore, Benny A	E3	MIA	1952/06/12	Caswell, NC
USA	Morgan, Melvin H	E4	POW	1950/07/11	Stanly, NC
USA	Morton, Raeford L	E4	MIA	1953/07/14	Stanly, NC
USA	Moser, Robert H	E4	MIA	1950/07/20	Union, NC
USN	Mounce, Rufus L	E5	KIA	1952/12/26	Summerfield, NC
USA	Mumford, Erwin R	E4	MIA	1951/10/24	Craven, NC
USMC	Murphy, Joseph E	E2	MIA	1950/12/02	Wilmington, NC
USA	Norman, Clyde L	E4	MIA	1953/07/09	Washington, NC
USAF	Nye, Glenn C	O6	MIA	1952/10/07	Shelby, NC
USAF	O'Briant, Eric F	O2	KIA	1951/07/30	Durham, NC
USA	Otwell, Bryon M Jr	E5	MIA	1950/11/29	Randolph, NC
USA	Owens, Lawrence J	E4	MIA	1950/07/27	Rockingham, NC
USA	Page, Roosevelt	E4	MIA	1950/11/29	Robeson, NC
USAF	Parham, Charles E Jr	E4	MIA	1951/11/25	Oxford, NC
USA	Parker, Gary N	E4	POW	1950/11/29	Cabarrus, NC
USA	Parker, Harry J	E2	KIA	1950/12/08	Wake, NC
USAF	Pate, William H	E3	NBD	1952/11/15	NC
USA	Patterson, Clarence E	E3	MIA	1953/07/06	Caldwell, NC
USMC	Peacock, Billy E	E2	MIA	1952/10/07	Winston-Salem, NC
USA	Penland, Troy	E4	KIA	1950/11/29	Buncombe, NC
USA	Phillips, Billy A	E3	MIA	1950/09/06	Johnston, NC
USA	Poindexter, Rufus C Jr	E5	MIA	1950/11/19	Moore, NC
USAF	Pope, James D	E3	MIA	1953/01/29	Cherryville, NC
USA	Price, Forrest L	E8	MIA	1953/03/10	Wayne, NC
USMC	Prince, Ernest R	E4	KIA	1953/07/19	High Point, NC
USA	Rackley, Earnest E	E5	MIA	1950/11/30	Columbus, NC
USN	Randolph, Philip S Jr	O1	KIA	1951/06/05	Chapel Hill, NC
USA	Reed, Robert D	E4	POW	1950/11/30	Buncombe, NC
USA	Reese, Kenneth F	E4	MIA	1950/11/30	Gaston, NC
USA	Register, Alton R	E4	MIA	1950/12/02	New Hanover, NC
USA	Richardson, Amos E	E4	MIA	1950/11/26	Mecklenburg, NC
USA	Richardson, Jack	E5	MIA	1952/11/07	Cabarrus, NC
USA	Rickman, Vincent R	E8	POW	1950/11/28	Durham, NC
USA	Robinson, James W	E4	MIA	1950/12/01	Forsyth, NC
USA	Rochelle, James C	E4	KIA	1950/11/26	Onslow, NC
USA	Rose, Gilbert G Jr	E4	POW	1951/02/12	Hertford, NC
USA	Rose, Herman	E3	MIA	1950/12/03	Burke, NC
USA	Royal, Leff V	E7	MIA	1950/11/29	Alleghany, NC
USA	Royal, Marvin	E5	MIA	1951/09/07	Sampson, NC
USA	Schuler, Eugene	E8	MIA	1950/11/25	Guilford, NC
USA	Seagle, Altie F	E4	MIA	1950/11/28	Jackson, NC
USA	Sell, Larry E	E7	POW	1950/12/01	Whitnel, NC
USA	Shepard, Harold R	E2	POW	1950/07/27	New Hanover, NC
USMC	Shipman, Frederick J	E3	KIA	1953/07/19	Clarkton, NC
USA	Silvers, J.S.	E3	MIA	1953/07/06	Yancey, NC
USA	Singleton, William E	E3	KIA	1951/07/26	Burke, NC
USA	Smith, John D	E8	POW	1950/07/20	Gaston, NC
USA	Stallings, Vernon D	E2	POW	1950/07/12	Cleveland, NC
USAF	Stanley, Otha P	E5	KIA	1950/09/08	Chapel Hill, NC
USA	Stover, Ralph	E3	NBD	1953/05/05	Lincolntown, NC
USA	Strickland, Woolard F	E8	MIA	1950/11/26	Martin, NC
USA	Teague, James W	E5	POW	1950/11/28	Rockingham, NC
USA	Thompson, Fletcher R	E4	MIA	1950/08/15	Edgecombe, NC
USA	Tripp, Ray	E3	KIA	1951/12/29	Pitt, NC
USA	Trivett, Clarence W	E4	MIA	1950/11/02	Avery, NC
USA	Trueheart, Paul H V	E5	KIA	1951/08/28	Iredell, NC
USA	Tucker, Junior R	E5	MIA	1950/09/22	Gaston, NC
USA	Twiddy, Benjamin F III	E4	KIA	1950/11/29	Chowan, NC
USA	Uptegrove, John W	E3	MIA	1951/04/23	Duplin, NC
USA	Wagoner, James C	E4	POW	1950/07/20	Rowan, NC
USA	Walker, Leo	E3	MIA	1950/11/30	Durham, NC
USA	Watts, Roy H Jr	E3	MIA	1952/10/25	Mecklenburg, NC
USA	Weathers, Logan	O2	KIA	1950/08/02	Cleveland, NC
USA	Westmoreland, Roy R	E5	MIA	1950/11/27	Forsyth, NC
USA	Whetstine, Ralph J	E3	MIA	1950/12/02	Cleveland, NC
USA	White, Billy Ray	E3	POW	1951/02/13	Guilford, NC
USA	White, Noel E	E2	NBD	1950/09/27	Old Fort, NC
USA	Williamson, James H	E8	KIA	1950/11/28	Franklin, NC
USA	Wilson, Hallie W Jr	E4	POW	1952/10/26	Pender, NC
USA	Wilson, Linwood F	E3	MIA	1950/11/02	Person, NC
USA	Wright, C. W. Jr	E4	MIA	1951/06/02	Craven, NC
USA	Yelton, Thomas W	E2	KIA	1951/08/27	Rutherford, NC

World War II

Of the 16 million Americans who served in World War II, more than 400,000 died during the war.  At the end of the war, there were approximately 79,000 Americans unaccounted-for.  They include those buried with honor as unknowns, those lost at sea, and those missing in action.  That number also includes the 1,100 sailors entombed in the USS Arizona Memorial in Pearl Harbor.  Today, more than 72,000 Americans remain unaccounted-for from WW II.

Of those, 1,298 are North Carolinians.