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American Former Prisoner of War (FPOW)

A Former Prisoner of War (FPOW) is the term used by the Department of Veterans Affairs to refer to Veterans who, during active military service, were forcibly detained or interned by a foreign government or its agents or a hostile force.

Additionally, Veterans serving in the active military service during peacetime, who were forcibly detained or interned by a foreign government or its agents or a hostile force are also considered former POWs if the circumstances of the internment were comparable to wartime internment (for example: Iran, Somalia or Kosovo).

More than one-half million Americans have been captured and interned as POWs since the American Revolution. Not included in this figure are nearly 93,000 Americans who were listed as lost and never recovered.