 | Three U.S. soldiers are currently listed as Missing-Captured or Duty Status -- Whereabouts Unknown by the Pentagon as of November 20, 2009.


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Spc. Ahmed K. Altaie |
41 |
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 Parachute 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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Sgt. Brandon T. Islip |
23 |
1st Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division |
Richmond, Virginia |
Islip is one of two soldiers that went missing during a mission to recover airdropped supplies from a river in Bala Murghab, Afghanistan, on November 4, 2009. The Pentagon declared him Duty Status Whereabouts Unknown on November 18, 2009. The body of the other soldier was recovered from the Morghab River near Afghanistan's border with Turkmenistan on November 10, 2009. |
 | 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. |
 | 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. |
 | 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. |
 | 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. |
 | 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. |
 | 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. |
 | 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. |
 | 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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