POW*MIA

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commemorative emblem logo symbol

POW*MIA is the iconic emblem used in the United States to honor and remember military personnel who were prisoners of war or went missing in action.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
POW*MIA canonical	2
POW–MIA issue	1
United States military personnel missing in action in the Korean War	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4892753 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: POW*MIA
Context triple: [POW MIA flag, featuresText, POW*MIA]

A. Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency is a U.S. Department of Defense organization responsible for locating, recovering, and identifying American service members who are prisoners of war or missing in action from past conflicts.
B. Prisoners of War
"Prisoners of War" is an Israeli television drama series that follows the psychological and social struggles of soldiers returning home after years of captivity.
C. Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command facilities
The Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command facilities are specialized U.S. military installations dedicated to researching, recovering, and identifying missing American service members from past conflicts.
D. America’s Corps
America’s Corps is the nickname of I Corps, a major U.S. Army formation known for its expeditionary and operational command roles.
E. Casualties of War
Casualties of War is a 1989 war drama film directed by Brian De Palma that portrays a harrowing true story of moral conflict and atrocity during the Vietnam War.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: POW*MIA
Target entity description: POW*MIA is the iconic emblem used in the United States to honor and remember military personnel who were prisoners of war or went missing in action.

A. Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency is a U.S. Department of Defense organization responsible for locating, recovering, and identifying American service members who are prisoners of war or missing in action from past conflicts.
B. Prisoners of War
"Prisoners of War" is an Israeli television drama series that follows the psychological and social struggles of soldiers returning home after years of captivity.
C. Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command facilities
The Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command facilities are specialized U.S. military installations dedicated to researching, recovering, and identifying missing American service members from past conflicts.
D. America’s Corps
America’s Corps is the nickname of I Corps, a major U.S. Army formation known for its expeditionary and operational command roles.
E. Casualties of War
Casualties of War is a 1989 war drama film directed by Brian De Palma that portrays a harrowing true story of moral conflict and atrocity during the Vietnam War.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	commemorative emblem ⓘ logo ⓘ symbol ⓘ
appliesTo	United States Armed Forces personnel ⓘ linked to: United States Armed Forces
associatedConcept	accounting for the missing ⓘ military remembrance ⓘ war casualties ⓘ
associatedWith	National League of Families of American Prisoners and Missing in Southeast Asia ⓘ POW/MIA flag ⓘ linked to: POW MIA flag United States Department of Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency ⓘ linked to: Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
category	United States military symbols ⓘ remembrance symbols ⓘ
color	black ⓘ white ⓘ
commemoratedOn	National POW/MIA Recognition Day ⓘ linked to: National POW MIA Recognition Day
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
depicts	barbed wire ⓘ guard tower ⓘ silhouette of a man’s head ⓘ
hasText	POW*MIA ⓘ YOU ARE NOT FORGOTTEN ⓘ
honors	missing in action service members ⓘ prisoners of war ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
motto	YOU ARE NOT FORGOTTEN ⓘ
purpose	commemoration of unreturned service members ⓘ public awareness of POW and MIA issues ⓘ
recognizedBy	United States federal government ⓘ linked to: United States government veterans’ advocacy groups ⓘ
relatedTo	United States military history ⓘ Vietnam War ⓘ
script	Latin alphabet ⓘ
shape	flag design ⓘ
symbolizes	commitment to account for POW and MIA personnel ⓘ sacrifice of captured and missing service members ⓘ
use	to honor missing in action service members ⓘ to honor prisoners of war ⓘ to promote remembrance of POW and MIA personnel ⓘ
usedOn	decals ⓘ flags ⓘ government buildings ⓘ memorials ⓘ military installations ⓘ patches ⓘ veterans’ organizations materials ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

POW MIA flag → featuresText → POW*MIA ⓘ

Pool of Remembrance → honors → United States military personnel missing in action in the Korean War ⓘ

linked to: POW*MIA

United States prisoners of war → relatedTo → POW–MIA issue ⓘ

linked to: POW*MIA

POW*MIA emblem → hasText → POW*MIA ⓘ

subject linked to: POW*MIA

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Referenced by (4)

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