 | Two U.S. soldiers are currently listed as Missing-Captured by the Pentagon and a Defense Department civilian employee is listed as Excused Absence Whereabouts Unknown as of February 7, 2010.


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Spc. Ahmed K. Altaie |
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Army reservist assigned to Provincial Reconstruction Team Baghdad |
Ann Arbor, Michigan |
On October 23, 2006, Altaie was categorized as Duty Status Whereabouts Unknown when he allegedly was kidnapped while on his way to visit family in Baghdad, Iraq. The Pentagon changed his status to Missing-Captured on December 11, 2006. |
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Pfc. Bowe R. Bergdahl |
23 |
1st Battalion, 501st Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division |
Ketchum, Idaho |
Captured in Paktika province, Afghanistan, on June 30, 2009. The Pentagon declared him Duty Status Whereabouts Unknown on July 1, 2009, and his status was changed to Missing-Captured on July 3, 2009. |
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Issa T. Salomi |
60 |
U.S. Defense Department civilian employee assigned to U.S. Forces – Iraq |
El Cajon, California |
Salomi has been unaccounted for since January 23, 2010, and was last seen in Baghdad, Iraq. The Pentagon declared him Excused Absence Whereabouts Unknown on February 5, 2010, the same day an Iraqi militant group posted a video on the Internet claiming it had kidnapped Salomi and demanded that members of the Blackwater security company receive justice for crimes committed against Iraqis in exchange for his release. Full story |
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Spc. Edgar Hernandez |
21 |
507th Maintenance Company |
Mission, Texas |
Was missing after an Iraqi ambush at Nasiriya on March 23, 2003. Rescued April 13, 2003, north of Baghdad. |
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Spc. Joseph Hudson |
23 |
507th Maintenance Company |
Alamogordo, New Mexico |
Was missing after an Iraqi ambush at Nasiriya on March 23, 2003. Rescued April 13, 2003, north of Baghdad. |
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Spc. Shoshana Johnson |
30 |
507th Maintenance Company |
El Paso, Texas |
Was missing after an Iraqi ambush at Nasiriya on March 23, 2003. Rescued April 13, 2003, north of Baghdad. |
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Pfc. Jessica Lynch |
19 |
507th Maintenance Company |
Palestine, West Virginia |
Was missing after an Iraqi ambush at Nasiriya on March 23, 2003. Rescued April 2, 2003, by U.S. troops from Saddam Hospital in Nasiriya. |
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Pfc. Patrick Miller |
23 |
507th Maintenance Company |
Walter, Kansas |
Was missing after an Iraqi ambush at Nasiriya on March 23, 2003. Rescued April 13, 2003, north of Baghdad. |
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Sgt. James Riley |
31 |
507th Maintenance Company |
Pennsauken, New Jersey |
Was missing after an Iraqi ambush at Nasiriya on March 23, 2003. Rescued April 13, 2003, north of Baghdad. |
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Chief Warrant Officer David S. Williams |
30 |
Company C, 1st Battalion, 227th Aviation Regiment |
Florida |
Captured after his AH-64D Apache Longbow attack helicopter was shot down near Karbala, Iraq, on March 24, 2003. Rescued April 13, 2003, north of Baghdad. |
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Chief Warrant Officer Ronald D. Young |
26 |
Company C, 1st Battalion, 227th Aviation Regiment |
Lithia Springs, Georgia |
Captured after his AH-64D Apache Longbow attack helicopter was shot down near Karbala, Iraq, on March 24, 2003. Rescued April 13, 2003, north of Baghdad. |
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