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This page is dedicated to all
who have served in the U. S. Armed Forces fighting for freedom, especially those who never
returned home. Alive or Dead - It's time to bring our men and
women home.
 
September 18, 2009 - POW*MIA Recognition Day
My Adopted MIA
Gregory Rea Benton, Jr.
United States Marine Corps
Company D, 1st Battalion, 9th Marines, 3rd Marine Division
Date of Loss: 23 May 1969
Status (in 1973): Missing in Action
Official Status (06/30/78): Died While Missing
Date of Birth: 18 April 1950
Home City of Record: Vallejo, CA
Biography of PFC Benton
When U.S. involvement in the war ended in 1975, thousands of
refugees fled Vietnam to escape the Communist regime, bringing with them stories
of Americans still in their country. Since then, over 10,000 such reports have
accumulated in U.S. agency files. Many experts, after reviewing the information,
believe hundreds may still be alive today, still prisoners. Presently, there are
still nearly 1800 unaccounted American POW/MIAs from the Vietnam War.
(Current
Statistics-All Wars)
Persian Gulf
War MIA - Michael Scott Speicher
(After 18 years, he
has been found and will be brought home)
Vietnam
War POW*MIAs from Kentucky
POW*MIA-RELATED LINKS
The
P.O.W. Network
Operation Just Cause (OJC)
POW*MIA Freedom Fighters
Scope System POW*MIA Search
National League of POW*MIA Families
Email The White House, House & Senate
Representatives
Home
Source: Compiled by Homecoming II
Project 01 March 1991 from one or more of the following: raw data from U.S. Homecoming
agency sources, correspondence with POW/MIA families, published sources, & interviews.
Updated by P.O.W. Network.
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