VVA Board of Directors

POW/MIA Status: February 2019

MIA To Date:

  • Missing: 1,592 Americans are listed by DOD as missing and unaccounted. a. In addition, 63 US personnel were accounted for between 1973 and 1975.
  • Loss Locations: Vietnam – (South- 795, North – 452) 1,247, Laos – 297, Cambodia – 48, and the PRC – 7.
  • Accounted for: Accounted: 991 since 1975 a. Recovery Locations: Vietnam – 671, Laos – 275 Cambodia – 42, PRC - 3

Homeless Vets Status February 2019

One-Night Estimates:

  • 40,020 veterans were experiencing homelessness, representing 9.1 percent of all adults experiencing homelessness.
  • 61.7 percent of veterans experienced homelessness in sheltered locations (24,690 veterans), and 38.3 percent were in un-sheltered locations (15,330 veterans).
  • The number of veterans experiencing homelessness dropped 45.5 percent between 2009 and 2017. The number of homeless veterans increased for the first time between 2016 and 2017.
  • The number of sheltered veterans declined by 6.5 percent between 2016 and 2017, offsetting some of the increases in the un-sheltered population.

One-Year Estimates:

  • An estimated 118,380 veterans used an emergency shelter or transitional housing program between Oct. 1, 2016 and Sept. 30, 2017.
  • Between 2009 and 2017, the number has declined 20.9 percent (31,255 fewer veterans).
  • Veterans experiencing sheltered homelessness were older in 2017 than they were in 2009. The share of veterans who were elderly more than doubled between 2009 and 2017, from 8.7 percent to 19.2 percent. Elderly veterans are the only group with an increase in the number experiencing homelessness between 2009 and 2017 (9,677 more veterans).
  • They more than twice as likely to have a disability (59.4% versus 28.8%).