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North Vietnamese POW Camps.Cdr POW Camps in North Vietnam Known camp locations where Americans were held prisoner Dirty Bird CHINA P h o D u o Truc Bac n S Lake g o Y n e n g Plantation P H Cao Bang h u o n Alcatraz g Dogpatch Pho Kim Ma Lao Cai H a e ( R g n d Hoa Lo (Hanoi Hilton)a h R T i NORTH v c n u e a D r u n ) D o Mountain Camp T e o L Yen Bai h P g Briarpatch n VIETNAM o Zoo Annex u D Son Tay (Camp Hope) o h Camp Faith Hanoi P Skidrow Farnsworth Haiphong Hanoi Rockpile Thai Binh LAOS Than Hoa 795 Americans are known to have been taken prisoner during Bao Cao the Vietnam war (725 military and Vinh 70 civilians). Almost 500 of these Ha Tinh POWs were downed pilots or Vientiane airmen. 65 military POWs and 8 civilians died in captivity Dong Hoi (9% of all POWs). Udorn RTAFB Z M D Nakhon Phanom RTAFB 36 American POWs escaped Quang Tri from captivity during the Hue Vietnam War( 30 military and 6 civilians). 32 of these Da Nang escaped while held in South THAILAND Vietnamese locations, and made it safely to friendly lines. Takhli RTAFB Quang Ngai Ubon RTAFB 3 American military POWs Dak To escaped from North Vietnamese Korat RTAFB Kon Tum camps but were eventually recaptured. Pleiku Qui Nhon Don Muang RTAFB All American military POWs were grouped into three POW camps Bangkok SOUTH for release at the end of the war: Buon Me Thout VIETNAM Hoa Lo (Hanoi Hilton) U-Tapao RTAFB Plantation (Hanoi area) CAMBODIA Nha Trang Da Lat Zoo Annex (Hanoi area) Cam Ranh Loc Ninh The 1st and 2nd groups of POWs repatriated to American Tay Ninh Phnom Penh control came from the Hanoi Hilton camp. The 3rd group of Bien Hoa released POWs came from Saigon Plantation. The last group of POWs came from the Zoo. My Tho Rach Gia Ben Tre Can Tho More than 1,800 American Vung Tau servicemen from the Vietnam Soc Trang conflict remain MIA and Ca Mau unaccounted for as of 2006. With kind assistance from Captain John M. McGrath, USN (retired) - former Vietnam POW from June 1967 to March 1973. Thanks, Mike! Created by Geoff Liebrandt.
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