FORT VALLEY, Ga. — Over 80,000 American service members remain missing in action, with countless more having been prisoners of war.

Among them is Paul Fitzgerald Junior, a 20-year-old Vietnam War soldier who vanished nearly six decades ago. His family - based in Fort Valley - still holds on to hope and memories.

“His birthday was October 3rd. And they came knocking on the door on October 17th,” said his sister Tiny Davis. “They just said they had news about Paul Junior and they just told us what happened.”

Paul was a young soldier when he went to Vietnam. The last letter the family received was written on Sept. 12, 1967.

“Every letter he said that, 'I'll be home in May,'” Davis said.

Despite decades of uncertainty, his sisters, Tiny Davis and Geraldine King, have never given up ho

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