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(U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Michael O'Neal)

U.S. Ambassador to Vietnam visits DPAA in Vietnam

Dr. Janet Finlayson, a scientific recovery expert with the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA), gives a brief of DPAA operations to Marc Knapper, center, U.S. Embassy Ambassador to Vietnam, in Quang Binh Province, Socialist Republic of Vietnam, March 17, 2023. During his distinguished visit, Knapper witnessed the recovery efforts for missing U.S. service members lost during the Vietnam War. More than 1,000 missing service members have been identified and returned back to their families for burial since the end of the conflict, but 1,581 Americans still remain unaccounted for. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Michael O'Neal)

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Framework Arrangement Enables First Survey Mission for Americans Missing from World War II in Indonesia

The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency Director (DPAA), Mr. Kelly McKeague (center) is joined by the DPAA Principal Deputy Director Ms. Fern Sumpter-Winbush (left) and Senior Defense Official and Defense Attaché to Indonesia, U.S. Army Colonel Theodore Liebreich after signing the framework of agreement, March 21, 2023, Arlington, Virginia. The framework permits the first DPAA joint research and survey mission later this year of Americans missing from World War II in Indonesia.

Recovery Mission in Vietnam

Recovery team members assigned to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) assist in the setup of a grid during a DPAA recovery mission, Nghệ An Province, Socialist Republic of Vietnam, Feb. 24, 2023. The assigned scientific recovery expert uses precise global positioning satellite information and maps from previous joint field activities to determine where the current mission will excavate. Since 1973, the remains of more than 1,000 Americans killed during the Vietnam War have been identified and returned to their families for burial with full military honors. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency tirelessly continues the search for the remaining 1,241 missing in action servicemembers still believed to located in Vietnam.
U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Cole Yardley

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DPAA searches for missing Marines in Guadalcanal

Ms. Grinta Ale’eke, Field Archaeologist Solomon Islands Museum, and service members assigned to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA), and local workers excavate dirt in a unit, March 10, 2023 in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands. The team excavates areas of interest narrowed down by the Scientific Recovery Expert in order to find possible evidence or osseous linked to unaccounted-for U.S. personnel. Guadalcanal was the location of many important battles in the Pacific Theater during WWII between the Allies and the Japanese and there are still 5,800 missing U.S. service members in the region.
U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. John Miller

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DPAA Continues Philippines Disinterment Project

Staff with the American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC), work in conjunction with members of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA), to exhume a casket during a disinterment at the Manila American Cemetery and Memorial (MACM) in Manila, Philippines, March 1, 2023. 22 of the individuals recovered from the disinterment are part of the “Enoura Maru” project, which includes three POW transport ships used by Imperial Japanese forces throughout the second World War, known as “Hell Ships”, and over 400 unidentified sets of remains.
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Zachary Beatty

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Republic of Korea, U.S. conduct Repatriation Ceremony

U.S. and Republic of Korea military and government officials conduct a repatriation ceremony at the Ministry of National Defense Agency for Killed in Action Recovery Identification (MAKRI) Headquarters in Seoul, Feb. 23, 2023. Accepting the remains on behalf of the U.S., was Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency Director, Mr. Kelly McKeague. The remains will be transported to the DPAA laboratory for further scientific analysis. There are currently more than 7,500 unaccounted for American service members from the Korean War. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Corey Idleburg)

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U.S. Ambassador to Vietnam visits DPAA in Vietnam

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DPAA searches for missing Marines in Guadalcanal

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Republic of Korea, U.S. conduct Repatriation Ceremony

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