Denver-area units to hold POW/MIA vigil Published Sept. 16, 2008 DENVER -- To commemorate National POW/MIA Recognition Day, military and civilian employees will hold a 24-hour Prisoner of War/Missing in Action vigil at the Air Reserve Personnel Center's flag pole beginning Thursday. Volunteers from the Air Reserve Personnel Center and the Defense Finance and Accounting Service will open the event with a ceremony at 3 p.m. Thursday, when they set up a POW/MIA table. Immediately following the ceremony, they will start reading the names of more than 10,000 people still listed as POW/MIA from the Cold War to current operations. The reading will continue over the 24-hour period. The vigil will conclude with a formal retreat ceremony at 3:30 p.m. Friday when they will lower the POW/MIA flag. There will be two military formations and one civilian formation.