[Upper right corner is the Prisoner of War and Missing in Action (POW/MIA) emblem]

• The 77,000 Georgians who served in World War I;

the 1,937 KIA; 3,319 WIA; 67 Ex-POWs and 54 MIA

• The 324,373 Georgians who served in World War II;

the 6,781 KIA; 11,650 WIA; 652 Ex-POWs and 364 MIA

• The 75,000 Georgians who served in the Korean War;

the 740 KIA; 1,040 WIA; 97 Ex-POWs and 174 MIA

• The 228,000 Georgians who served in the Vietnam War; the 1,584 KIA; 8,534 WIA; 21 Ex-POWs; 38 MIA and 13 remains ID

• The 28,000 Georgians who served in the Persian Gulf

War; the 13 KIA; 14 WIA; 2 Ex-POWs; and 0 MIA

• The 1,000,000+ Cold War veterans and the 660,900

veterans living in Georgia

POWs / MIAs In History:

War                       Years           POW                   Died in Capitivity   Unaccounted For / MIA

Revolutionary      1775-83     20,000                                  8,500              Unknown

War Between       1861-65     194,000 (Union)                30,218                6,750

the States                                 214,000 (Confederate)      25,976              (Combined)

WWI                    1917-18         4,120                                   147                 3,350

WWII                  1941-45       93,941 (Europe)               1,121                78,773

                                                 27,465 (Pacific)                11,107                (Combined)

Korean                 1950-53

       7,140                               2,701                  8,177

Vietnam                1961-75         766                                   114                  2,583 (1,970 6/1/01)

Persian Gulf         1990-91           23                                       0                      0          

Marker can be reached from Interstate 95 at milepost 40, on the right when traveling south.

Courtesy hmdb.org

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