Americans Missing, Left Behind in Iraq
“Basically, the mentality of the Secretary of State seems to be that if the
States loses a member of the United States military,
then the loss becomes a relevant statistic on the ‘War on Terror,’
but when the United States loses a contractor . . .
then there is no accounting for the loss of life. . . .
As a result, the true cost in lives and money
of the ‘War on Terror’ is understated.”
from Joshua Munns case
While the DPMO shows only 4 Americans left behind in Iraq
Missing in Action: Service Members and Civilian Contractors left behind
Susie Dow at The Missing Man has compiled a list which includes 18 Americans left behind, the majority of those being Civilian Contractors
Below is a chart showing the name, incident date, an expired link to an incident report (SIGACT), and status of those Americans known to be missing and/or held hostage in Iraq in table format. The chart shows an estimated 18 missing Americans of whom, the names of 6 are unknown. An additional 2 American’s names are known but the date of incident is not.
Text of available SIGACT reports are posted at SIGACT Reports of Americans Missing in Iraq.
Americans Missing in Iraq – as of January 21, 2012
Names missing from the chart below: Hussain al-Zurufi and Bob Hamze
Date | Name – incident report | Status | ||
1 | Oct 9, 2003 | Kirk von Ackermann | missing | 1 |
2 | Apr 9, 2004 | Thomas Hamill (link expired) Convoy Attack | escaped | |
3 | Apr 9, 2004 | Nicholas Evan Berg | deceased | |
4 | Apr 9, 2004 | William Bradley | deceased | |
5 | Apr 9, 2004 | Pfc Keith Matthew Maupin | deceased | |
6 | Apr 9, 2004 | Timothy E Bell Story of Convoy Attack | missing | 2 |
7 | May 3, 2004 | Aban Elias | missing | 3 |
8 | Aug 13, 2004 | Micah Garen | released | |
9 | Sept 16, 2004 | Jack Henlsey | deceased | |
10 | Sept 16, 2004 | Olin Eugene Armstrong Jr | deceased | |
11 | Oct 10, 2004 | Paul Taggart | released | |
12 | Nov 1, 2004 | Roy Hallums | released | |
13 | Nov 2, 2004 | Dean Sadek | missing | 4 |
14 | Apr 11, 2005 | Jeffrey Ake | missing | 5 |
15 | May 17, 2005 | Neenus Y. Khoshaba – incident? | missing | 6 |
16 | Aug 2, 2005 | Steven Charles Vincent | deceased | |
17 | Sept 27, 2005 | Abbas Kareem Naama (Tim) | missing | 7 |
18 | Nov 25, 2005 | Ronald Alan Schulz | deceased | |
19 | Nov 26, 2005 | Thomas William Fox | deceased | |
20 | Dec 2, 2005 | unknown #1 | missing | 8 |
21 | Jan 7, 2006 | Jill Carroll | released | |
22 | Jun 16, 2006 | Pfc Kristian Menchaca | deceased | |
23 | Jun 16, 2006 | Pfc Thomas Tucker | deceased | |
24 | Oct 23, 2006 | Sgt Ahmed Qusai al-Taayie | missing | 9 |
25 | Nov 16, 2006 | Jonathon Michael Cote | deceased | |
26 | Nov 16, 2006 | Paul Christopher Johnson-Reuben | deceased | |
27 | Nov 16, 2006 | Joshua Mark Munns | deceased | |
28 | Nov 16, 2006 | John Roy Young | deceased | |
29 | Nov 27, 2006 | Maj Troy Lee Gilbert (deceased) | missing | 10 |
30 | Jan 5, 2007 | Ronald J Withrow | deceased | |
31 | Jan 27, 2007 | unknown #2 – incident? | missing | 11 |
32 | Jan 27, 2007 | unknown #3 – incident? | missing | 12 |
33 | Feb 1, 2007 | unknown #4 Iraqi-American | missing | 13 |
34 | Mar 3, 2007 | Adnan al-Hilawi | missing | 14 |
35 | Apr 25, 2007 | unknown #5 | missing | 15 |
36 | May 12, 2007 | Sgt Alex Ramon Jimenez | deceased | |
37 | May 12, 2007 | Pfc Byron W Fouty | deceased | |
38 | May 25, 2007 | unknown #6 | missing | 16 |
39 | Aug 17, 2007 | unknown #7 | missing | 17 |
40 | summer 2008 | unknown #8 | missing | 18 |
41 | May 21, 2009 | Jim Kitterman | deceased | |
42 | Jan 23, 2010 | Issa T Salomi | released |