A missing man table, also known as a fallen comrade table,[1] is a ceremony and memorial that is set up in military dining facilities of the United States Armed Forces and during official dining functions, in honor of fallen, missing, or imprisoned military service members.[2] The table serves as the focal point of ceremonial remembrance, originally growing out of US concern of the Vietnam War POW/MIA issue.[3][4]
- ^ KATHY KEIRSEY (1999). GUIDE TO THE MILITARY DINING-IN (PDF). NEW YORK: CADET HOSTESS OFFICE CULLUM MEMORIAL HALL WEST POINT.
- ^ Larry Shaughnessy. "POW/MIA day brings somber ceremony, one quietly symbolic tradition". CNN.
- ^ "Lackland honors former POWs with new-look ceremony". www.afisr.af.mil. Archived from the original on 2013-03-13. Retrieved 2013-03-03.
- ^ Gerry J. Gilmore. "'Missing Man' Ceremony Honors Prisoners of War, Missing in Action". American Forces Press Service. Archived from the original on 2012-04-14.