Wichita ? Military officials have assured the wife of a Kansas soldier held captive in Iraq his name was not on one of the bloodied uniforms found inside an Iraqi prison, a family member said Wednesday on a condition of anonymity.

But the family still does not know the fate of Army Pfc. Patrick Miller, who was last seen last month on Iraqi TV answering questions in a shaky voice.

Miller, 23, was captured on March 23 after the 507th Maintenance Company was ambushed March 23 near Nasiriyah, a major crossing point on the Euphrates River northwest of Basra.

At a war briefing, U.S. Central Command spokesman Brig. Gen. Vincent Brooks said soldiers found some U.S. uniforms — possibly from American POWs — at a prison on Baghdad’s southeastern edge. No bodies were found at the prison.

Jessa Miller and the couple’s two children — 4-year-old Tyler and 7-month-old Makenzie — moved from Texas, where Patrick Miller was based at Fort Bliss, to Park City to be closer to family after he was sent overseas in December.

Pastor Ron Pracht, minister of Olivet Southern Baptist Church in Wichita, married the couple shortly before his deployment and has been acting as a spokesman for the family since Miller was captured.

He said Wednesday the family was heartened by the rescue of Army Pfc. Jessica Lynch, a 19-year-old supply clerk with the 507th, from an Iraqi hospital after an Iraqi came forward with information about her whereabouts.

“Now people smile and wave at Americans — that may bode well for information about the other hostages,” Pracht said.

President Bush designated Wednesday as a day of national recognition for former U.S. prisoners of war and pledged to work for the safe return of Americans captured during the Iraq war.

Seven U.S. soldiers are POWs in Iraq, and U.S. officials are trying to determine their location. The Pentagon says it is holding more than 7,000 Iraqi POWs.

“Some of the family members are glued to the television just watching and waiting what word is going to come in,” Pracht said. “They are pretty anxious to get some reports now that the war seems to be winding down, at least from the reports they see on television.”

Jessa Miller has declined all interviews since her husband was captured. The family has been asked by the military not to speak with reporters, Pracht said.

“She is holding up as well as can be expected, and having family around is helpful,” Pracht said.

Meanwhile, Miller’s family has received an outpouring of support since his capture. Hundreds of dollars and cards of support from as far away as Canada have come to the church for the family, he said.

Restaurants have sent food to the family. Yellow ribbons went up throughout Valley Center, a neighboring community where Miller grew up.

Jessa Miller has also received a message offering encouragement and prayer from former hostage Gracia Burnham, the Rose Hill missionary held captive by Muslim rebels in the Philippines, he said.