[thasea]

She was told he was dead the first 9 or 10 years. Then he was reclassified MIA.

Does that mean her current marriage is null and void?

[buffyt]

No, he was officially declared dead when she remarried. My uncle is still MIA from his B17 in WWII. He was long ago declared dead, but they never found his body. But he is offically dead, if he came back now, he would have no claim to a wife. But he would still have claim to a house, kids, etc. But the spouse is free to remarry once the soldier is declared dead. I read all the letters my grandma got when Richard was shot down. It broke her heart and destroyed her health. She had a stroke that paralyzed her whole right side, she was right handed, she never recovered.