National League of POW/MIA Families

National League of Families of American Prisoners and Missing in Southeast Asia
EstablishedMay 2, 1970
(54 years ago) (1970-05-02)
FounderSybil Stockdale
Founded atConstitution Hall,
Washington, D.C.
Type501(c)(3), humanitarian organization
23-7071242
Headquarters5673 Columbia Pike, Suite 100, Falls Church, Virginia
Coordinates38°51′06″N 77°07′28″W / 38.851579°N 77.124539°W / 38.851579; -77.124539
Websitepow-miafamilies.org

The National League of Families of American Prisoners and Missing in Southeast Asia, commonly known as the National League of POW/MIA Families or the League, is an American 501(c)(3) humanitarian organization that is concerned with the Vietnam War POW/MIA issue. According to the group's web site, its sole purpose is "to obtain the release of all prisoners, the fullest possible accounting for the missing and repatriation of all recoverable remains of those who died serving our nation during the Vietnam War in Southeast Asia." The League's most prominent symbol is its flag.

The League's national office, based in Falls Church, Virginia, is run by three full-time employees and various volunteers. To date, 1,575 U.S. servicemen are still listed as Missing in Action in the Vietnam War and efforts continue by certain departments of the U.S. government and the National League of Families to ascertain the fate of these missing service members.[1] Debate continues as to whether or not the efforts by the U.S. government, the Vietnamese government in Hanoi and other governments historically involved in the war have been, or continue to be, sufficient regarding the effort to find these missing soldiers, pilots, airmen and sailors.[2] The National League of Families continues to work at keeping the pressure on both Washington and Hanoi to bring complete resolution to this issue on behalf of each family with a loved one still missing in Vietnam.

  1. ^ "Vietnam-era unaccounted for statistical report" (PDF). Defense Prisoner of War/Missing Personnel Office. August 5, 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 26, 2012.
  2. ^ Barbara Crossette (June 16, 1992). "Gulag Held M.I.A.'s, Yeltsin Suggests". The New York Times.