Places on the Internet for POW & KIA Research
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Searchable Web Based Databases

American POWS: Data base of POWS. Fairly comprehensive but confusing to navigate: select people, select POWs in proper theater, THEN under options, click on search in order to enter request.
American Battle Monuments Commission: Searchable database listing graves of US Casualties.
Australian 2/30th Battalion, 8th Div - includes extensive nominal rolls
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission Search for places of commemoration for Commonwealth forces who perished in both World Wars.
The Austrailain War Memorial: Searchable data base for ALL military veterans
Luftwaffe Archives & Records Reference Group For research on the German Air Force, 1933-1945.
Singapore Malay Volunteers- learn the history & Units of the Malay Volunteers- fast growing web site
Merchant Marine as POWs- Complete list of all Merchant seaman held by the Japanese (and Germans)
The German Wargraves Commission
Deutsche Dienststelle (WASt) Next-of-kin notices of German Wehrmacht who were killed in action
Cannock Chase German Military Cemetery
Link to British Sources and further information: Part of a cooperative "Wartime Memories" Excellent Resource!
The Navy Memorial Foundation: A source for information about men lost at sea and pages honoring Navy vets. Soon setting up a separate section for POWS.
Defenders of Hong Kong: An outstanding compilation of every man who fought to save Hong Kong. The rosters are extraordinary.
US Navy -Crewmen and aviators KIA on air craft carriers, Killed at Pearl Harbor and on the USS Gambia Bay.