Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA)

USS Oklahoma Sailor Honored

U.S. Navy RDML John Saccomando, assigned to the U.S. Pacific Fleet, and members of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) conduct an interment ceremony held at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, Hawaii, on April 9, 2024.

DPAA and attending family members paid their respects and honored the life of U.S. Navy Chief Water Tender Francis D. Day, who was assigned to the USS Oklahoma when the ship was attacked by Japanese aircraft during World War II.

Francis was accounted for on July 29, 2019, nearly 80 years after the attacks on Pearl Harbor.

U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Edward Randolph

2024 Mi-17 Remembrance Ceremony

U.S. Marine Corps Col. Matt Brannen, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency deputy director, and Sgt. Maj. Anthony Worsley, senior enlisted advisor, pay respects to the victims of the Mi-17 crash during the Mi-17 memorial ceremony at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, April 5, 2024.

DPAA hosts a memorial service each year in honor of 16 American and Vietnamese personnel who were lost in a Mi-17 helicopter crash while searching for missing and unaccounted for personnel from the Vietnam War on April 7, 2001.

U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Anthony Todd

DPAA continues Korean War disinterment efforts

A grave marked as unknown is displayed at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Honolulu, Hawaii, March 25, 2024.

Members of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) disinterred eight caskets as part of the agency’s efforts to identify unknown service members lost during the Korean War. The caskets were transferred to the DPAA laboratory, where they will undergo further scientific analysis and possible identification.

U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jonathan McElderry

DPAA visits Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S. National Headquarters

Dan West, National adjutant general of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S. (VFW), and Fern Sumpter-Winbush, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) principal deputy director, pose for a photo during a visit to VFW National Headquarters in Kansas City, Missouri, March 21, 2024.

Winbush briefed West and several VFW staff members on the DPAA mission and the valued partnership between the two organizations.

The event was one of several leading up to the 2024 Kansas City Family Member Update, a periodic event designed to keep families of missing Americans informed about the DPAA mission, and to share information about their specific losses.

(U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Blake Gonzales)

Kansas City FMU 2024

Please join us this Saturday, March 23, 2024, as we host our Family Member Update in Kansas City. If you are unable to attend us in person, please follow the link below to join the livestream.

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Det 2 Hosts ROTC Cadets

Detachment 2 in Vietnam hosted cadets from Seton Hall University Army ROTC March 4. The "Pirate Battalion" learned about our mission on their staff ride and how the Defense Department keeps its promise to never leave a comrade behind.

Founded in 1893, the ROTC detachment is made of up of students from 26 universities across the state of New Jersey, and its most notable alumni is Medal of Honor Recipient Army Chaplain (Major) Charlie Watters.

Thanks to Det. 2 for letting the next generation of Army leaders learn about our mission and its importance.

USS Oklahoma Sailor Honored

2024 Mi-17 Remembrance Ceremony

DPAA continues Korean War disinterment efforts

DPAA visits Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S. National Headquarters

Kansas City FMU 2024

Det 2 Hosts ROTC Cadets

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