Robert R. Garwood, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Robert R. Garwood

American prisoner of war

Date of Birth: 01-Apr-1946

Place of Birth: Greensburg, Indiana, United States

Profession: military personnel

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Robert Russell Garwood (born April 1, 1946) is a controversial former Vietnam War prisoner of war (POW).
Garwood was a United States Marine Corps private first class when he was captured on September 28, 1965 near Da Nang, Quang Nam Province. Often cited as the last verified American POW from the Vietnam War, Garwood was taken to North Vietnam in 1969, and reportedly was released in 1973 along with the other U.S.
POWs as part of the Paris Peace Accords.
The North Vietnam government may have kept him as a POW until June 4, 1975 for propaganda reasons until the war ended.
After June 4, 1975 he would have no propaganda value as the United States had ceased fighting in Vietnam.
However, he did not return to the United States until March 22, 1979.Garwood was judged by the Department of Defense (DoD) to have acted as a collaborator with the enemy.
In 1998, the DoD changed Garwood's status from RETURNEE to AWOL/Deserter/Collaborator.Garwood has repeatedly denied all charges of collaboration.
He also accuses the DoD of trying to rewrite history to make him seem a liar to downplay his 1984 claims about POWs left behind.