SettingsAmerican people taken hostage
Ashley Smith (author)
Ashley Smith Robinson (born August 1, 1978) is an author and speaker.
Ashley Smith Robinson (born August 1, 1978) is an author and speaker.
Benjamin Weir
Benjamin Weir was an American hostage in Lebanon during the Iran-Contra Affair.
Benjamin Weir was an American hostage in Lebanon during the Iran-Contra Affair.
David S. Rohde
David Stephenson Rohde (born 1967) is an American author and investigative journalist for Thomson Reuters.
David Stephenson Rohde (born 1967) is an American author and investigative journalist for Thomson Reuters.
Gracia Burnham
Gracia Burnham (born January 17, 1959, Cairo, Illinois) and her husband Martin were American Protestant missionaries in the Philippines with the New Tribes Mission for 17 years from 1986.
Gracia Burnham (born January 17, 1959, Cairo, Illinois) and her husband Martin were American Protestant missionaries in the Philippines with the New Tribes Mission for 17 years from 1986.
Issa Salomi
Issa T. Salomi (born January 6, 1949) is an Iraqi American civilian contractor who was kidnapped on January 23, 2010, and held by a Shiite Iraqi militia group.
Issa T. Salomi (born January 6, 1949) is an Iraqi American civilian contractor who was kidnapped on January 23, 2010, and held by a Shiite Iraqi militia group.
J. Reginald Murphy
J. Reginald Murphy (1933 – ?) was the editor of the Atlanta Constitution and San Francisco Examiner.
J. Reginald Murphy (1933 – ?) was the editor of the Atlanta Constitution and San Francisco Examiner.
Jack Hensley
Jack Hensley (September 22, 1955 – September 21, 2004) was an American engineer from Marietta, Cobb County, Georgia, near Atlanta.
Jack Hensley (September 22, 1955 – September 21, 2004) was an American engineer from Marietta, Cobb County, Georgia, near Atlanta.
Jill Carroll
Jill Carroll (born October 6, 1977) is an American former journalist (now working as a firefighter) who was kidnapped and ultimately released in Iraq.
Jill Carroll (born October 6, 1977) is an American former journalist (now working as a firefighter) who was kidnapped and ultimately released in Iraq.
John Limbert
Ambassador John W. Limbert was Deputy Assistant Secretary for Iran in the State Department's Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs.
Ambassador John W. Limbert was Deputy Assistant Secretary for Iran in the State Department's Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs.
John Solecki
John Solecki is a U.S. official for the UNHCR, working in Quetta, Pakistan.
John Solecki is a U.S. official for the UNHCR, working in Quetta, Pakistan.
June Robles
June Robles (born c. 1928) was a notable victim of kidnapping from Tucson, Arizona.
June Robles (born c. 1928) was a notable victim of kidnapping from Tucson, Arizona.
Keith Stansell
Keith Donald Stansell is an American Northrop Grumman employee who was captured by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia, or FARC) and was held ...
Keith Donald Stansell is an American Northrop Grumman employee who was captured by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia, or FARC) and was held ...
Kirk von Ackermann
Kirk von Ackermann was an American contractor.
Kirk von Ackermann was an American contractor.
Lawrence Jenco
Servite Father Lawrence Martin Jenco, (27 November 1934 - 19 July 1996), a native of Joliet, Illinois, was taken hostage in Beirut by five armed men in January 1985, while serving as director of...
Servite Father Lawrence Martin Jenco, (27 November 1934 - 19 July 1996), a native of Joliet, Illinois, was taken hostage in Beirut by five armed men in January 1985, while serving as director of...
Lewis Washington
Lewis William Washington was a great-grandnephew of President George Washington, who is principally remembered as a hostage of abolitionist John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry, Virginia and as a ...
Lewis William Washington was a great-grandnephew of President George Washington, who is principally remembered as a hostage of abolitionist John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry, Virginia and as a ...
Marc Gonsalves
Marc David Gonsalves is an American Northrop Grumman employee who was captured by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) and was held hostage from February 13, 2003 to July 2, 2008.
Marc David Gonsalves is an American Northrop Grumman employee who was captured by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) and was held hostage from February 13, 2003 to July 2, 2008.
Nick Berg
Nicholas Evan "Nick" Berg was an American Jewish businessman who went to Iraq after the US invasion of Iraq.
Nicholas Evan "Nick" Berg was an American Jewish businessman who went to Iraq after the US invasion of Iraq.
Patty Hearst
Patricia Campbell Hearst, now known as Patricia Campbell Hearst Shaw, is an American newspaper heiress, socialite, actress, kidnap victim, and convicted bank robber.
Patricia Campbell Hearst, now known as Patricia Campbell Hearst Shaw, is an American newspaper heiress, socialite, actress, kidnap victim, and convicted bank robber.
Paul Marshall Johnson, Jr.
Paul Marshall Johnson, Jr. (May 8, 1955 – c. June 18, 2004) was an American helicopter engineer who lived in Saudi Arabia.
Paul Marshall Johnson, Jr. (May 8, 1955 – c. June 18, 2004) was an American helicopter engineer who lived in Saudi Arabia.
Paul Taggart
Paul Taggart (born 1980) is an American photographer and writer best known for his photographs from the Middle East and Africa.
Paul Taggart (born 1980) is an American photographer and writer best known for his photographs from the Middle East and Africa.
Richard Morefield
Richard Henry Morefield (September 9, 1929 – October 11, 2010) served in the United States Foreign Service and was one of the 66 staff members at the American embassy in Teheran who were t...
Richard Henry Morefield (September 9, 1929 – October 11, 2010) served in the United States Foreign Service and was one of the 66 staff members at the American embassy in Teheran who were t...
Richard Queen
Richard Ivan Queen (August 7, 1951–August 14, 2002) was born in Washington D.C. and worked for the U.S. State Department as Vice Consul at the U.S. Embassasy in Tehran, Iran.
Richard Ivan Queen (August 7, 1951–August 14, 2002) was born in Washington D.C. and worked for the U.S. State Department as Vice Consul at the U.S. Embassasy in Tehran, Iran.
Ronald Alan Schulz
Ronald Alan Schulz, (born March 29, 1965 in Jamestown, North Dakota - d. on or about December 8, 2005 in Iraq), was a US civilian contract worker in Iraq who was kidnapped and killed by Iraqi i...
Ronald Alan Schulz, (born March 29, 1965 in Jamestown, North Dakota - d. on or about December 8, 2005 in Iraq), was a US civilian contract worker in Iraq who was kidnapped and killed by Iraqi i...
Roy Hallums
Roy Hallums (born June 23, 1948) is an American contractor who was kidnapped in Iraq on November 1, 2004.
Roy Hallums (born June 23, 1948) is an American contractor who was kidnapped in Iraq on November 1, 2004.
Terry A. Anderson
Terry A. Anderson is the best known, and longest held, hostage of a group of Americans believed to be captured by Shiite Hezbollah militants in an attempt to drive U.S. military forces from Leba...
Terry A. Anderson is the best known, and longest held, hostage of a group of Americans believed to be captured by Shiite Hezbollah militants in an attempt to drive U.S. military forces from Leba...
Thomas Howes
Thomas "Tom" Randolph Howes is an American Northrop Grumman employee who was captured by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) and was held hostage from February 13, 2003 to July 2, 2008.
Thomas "Tom" Randolph Howes is an American Northrop Grumman employee who was captured by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) and was held hostage from February 13, 2003 to July 2, 2008.
Thomas Sutherland (academic)
Thomas Sutherland, former Dean of Agriculture at the American University of Beirut in Lebanon was kidnapped by Islamic Jihad members near his Beirut home on June 9, 1985.
Thomas Sutherland, former Dean of Agriculture at the American University of Beirut in Lebanon was kidnapped by Islamic Jihad members near his Beirut home on June 9, 1985.
Tom Fox (activist)
Thomas William "Tom" Fox (1951–2006) was an American Quaker peace activist, affiliated with Christian Peacemaker Teams (CPT) in Iraq.
Thomas William "Tom" Fox (1951–2006) was an American Quaker peace activist, affiliated with Christian Peacemaker Teams (CPT) in Iraq.
Warren Weinstein
Warren Weinstein is an American contractor, and director in Pakistan for J.E. Austin Associates.
Warren Weinstein is an American contractor, and director in Pakistan for J.E. Austin Associates.
William Gettle
William F. Gettle was an American businessman and millionaire.
William F. Gettle was an American businessman and millionaire.
William R. Higgins
William Richard "Rich" Higgins (January 15, 1945 – July 6, 1990) was a United States Marine Corps colonel who was captured in 1988 while serving on a United Nations (UN) peacekeeping missi...
William Richard "Rich" Higgins (January 15, 1945 – July 6, 1990) was a United States Marine Corps colonel who was captured in 1988 while serving on a United Nations (UN) peacekeeping missi...