Between World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, the Cold War, the Gulf War and other recent conflicts more than 80,000 Americans remain missing.
On Friday dozens of veterans, military officials and the families of missing military personnel gathered at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific at Punchbowl to commemorate National Prisoner of War and Missing in Action Recognition Day.
An active-duty soldier based in Alaska remains in custody Monday after being charged in the death of his wife, whose body was found after a dayslong search in Anchorage.