USAFA POWs

37 graduates have been held as POWs, 33 in Vietnam and 4 in Desert Storm

As of 01 Jan 2009, the following is a list of USAF Academy graduates who are known to have been Prisoners of War. More information may be found on the Friends of the Academy Library USAFA Graduate POW Website.

Class	Name	Dates as POW
1959	Jon D. Black	10/27/1967 to 02/16/1968
1960	Edward W. Leonard, Jr	05/31/1968 to 03/28/1973
1960	Edward W. Leonard, Jr	05/31/1968 to 03/28/1973
1961	Hayden J. Lockhart, Jr	03/02/1965 to 02/12/1973
1961	Kenneth R. Johnson	12/18/1971 to 03/14/1973
1962	Jerry A. Singleton	11/06/1965 to 02/12/1973
1962	John Fer	02/04/1967 to 03/04/1973
1962	Paul K. Robinson, Jr	07/01/1972 to 03/28/1973
1963	Jerry D. Driscoll	04/24/1966 to 02/12/1973
1963	John L. Borling	06/01/1966 to 02/12/1973
1964	R. Thomas Browning	06/08/1966 to 02/12/1973
1964	Martin J. Neuens	08/12/1966 to 03/04/1973
1964	Thomas M. McNish, MD	09/04/1966 to 03/04/1973
1964	Ronald G. Bliss	09/04/1966 to 03/04/1973
1964	Leroy W. Stutz	12/02/1966 to 03/04/1973
1964	Donald R. Spoon	01/21/1967 to 03/04/1973
1964	James R. Shively	05/05/1967 to 02/18/1973
1964	Kevin J. McManus	06/14/1967 to 02/18/1973
1964	Edward J. Mechenbier	06/14/1967 to 02/18/1973
1964	Guy D. Gruters	12/20/1967 to 03/14/1973
1965	Lance P. Sijan	11/09/1967 to 01/22/1968
1965	Howard J. Hill	12/16/1967 to 03/14/1973
1965	Myron L. Donald	01/01/1968 to 01/01/1973
1965	Wayne O. Smith, Jr	01/18/1968 to 03/14/1973
1967	John P. Cerak	06/27/1972 to 03/28/1973
1967	Michael J. Bosiljevacv	09/29/1972 to 10/03/1972
1968	Timothy R. Ayres	05/03/1972 to 03/28/1973
1968	William D. Beekman	06/24/1972 to 03/28/1973
1968	Marion A. Marshall	07/03/1972 to 03/29/1973
1968	William A. Gauntt	08/13/1972 to 03/27/1973
1969	Charles A. Jackson	06/24/1972 to 02/12/1973
1969	James D. Kula	07/29/1972 to 03/29/1973
1970	William J. Reich	05/11/1972 to 03/28/1973
1970	Jack R. Trimble	12/27/1972 to 03/29/1973
1979	Thomas E. Griffith, Jr	01/25/1991 to 03/04/1991
1980	William F. Andrews	02/27/1991 to 03/06/1991
1982	Harry M. Roberts	01/19/1991 to 03/06/1991
1988	Robert J. Sweet	02/15/1991 to 03/06/1991

Note: The Association of Graduates no longer receives any information about graduates from any official source. All data is self-reported by the graduated or reported by other graduates/family/friends.