THE WALL OF FACES

I am the Curator of the POW/MIA Bracelet Display in the Vietnam Hangar of the Palm Springs Air Museum in Palm Springs, California where we now have over two thousand bracelets and would be honored to include your bracelet in our Display. If you are an immediate family member (spouse, fiancé, sibling, child, grandchild, cousin, niece, nephew) or close friend I can order one for the Display in your name.
https://palmspringsairmuseum.org/vietnam-pow-bracelet-display/
Dr. Dave Thompson
Palm Springs Air Museum
POW/MIA Bracelet Display Curator
Lt. Commander U.S. Navy 1964-1970
10-103 Lakeview Dr. Rancho Mirage, Ca 92270
760-328-0859 760-408-7660 [email protected]

I hoisted a few beers with you, you and Larry Jenkins painted your VW Beetle camo, It was stolen and the Fayetteville NC cops could not find it, been a long time my friend..

Thank you for your service to our country so long ago sir. It remains my fervent hope you will be returned home after all these years.

The Department of Defense conducted ceremonies at the Pentagon and at Hickam AFB on Friday, 18 September 2020 in recognition of POW/MIA Recognition Day. Deputy Defense Secretary David L. Nordquist remembered the 1,586 MIAs from the Vietnam War as well as all those still unaccounted for from WWII, the Korean War, the Cold War and other conflicts. Director (Maj. Gen, USAFR, ret) Kelly McKeague of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) also recorded a separate video message to Gold Star MIA families. Additionally, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund (VVMF) produced a “virtual” event on 18 Sep. Since the 2019 Ceremony, DPAA has positively identified 1 Vietnam War MIA. Staff Sergeant Frank Neil Badolati, U.S. Army, U.S. Special Forces, is one of those 1,586 MIAs unaccounted for in Southeast Asia from the Vietnam War. He is also one of 512 U.S. Army soldiers (which includes 96 Special Forces Troopers) MIA.

This is the link to the DoD/DVIDS video for the Pentagon ceremony:
https://www.dvidshub.net/video/766486/defense-officials-recognize-prisoners-war-missing-service-members-ceremony

This is the link to the DoD/DVIDS video for the Hickam AFB ceremony:
https://www.dvidshub.net/video/766491/admiral-commemorates-prisoners-war-and-missing-service-members-ceremony

This is the link to DPAA Director McKeague’s video statement:
https://vimeo.com/454474340

This is the link to the VVMF virtual remembrance: https://www.vvmf.org/POWMIA-2020/

According to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) website at the below link/URL, the MIA status of Staff Sergeant Frank Neil Badolati, U.S. Army, U.S. Special Forces is DEFERRED:

https://dpaa-mil.sites.crmforce.mil/dpaaProfile?id=a0Jt0000000Ka8BEAS

As of the date of this entry, the latest list from DPAA (dated 19 March 2021) indicates there are 1,584 Americans still unaccounted for in Southeast Asia from the Vietnam War.

https://www.dpaa.mil/Portals/85/VietnamAccounting/pmsea_una_ALL_20210319.pdf

SSG Badolati is also one of 96 U.S. Army Special Forces soldiers still MIA. The list of those MIA SF soldiers - as well as the 416 other MIA soldiers is at this DPAA link/URL:

https://www.dpaa.mil/portals/85/VietnamAccounting/pmsea_una_ARMY_20210319.pdf