DPAA's next Family Member Update will be held in Birmingham, Alabama, Jan. 26, 2019.
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DoD Photo by Chuck Prichard
Navy Water Tender 2nd Class Clarence M. Lockwood, 21, Smithton, Arkansas, killed during the attack on the USS Oklahoma in December 1941, was interred at Arlington National Cemetery, near Washington, D.C., Feb. 11, 2019. Lockwood, who was one of 429 servicemen killed during the attack, was identified on July 3, 2018.
U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd class Seth Coulter
An honor guard detail from Navy Region Hawaii prepare to fold the American flag over the casket of U.S. Navy Electrician's Mate 3rd class (EM3c) Charles Harris during a funeral at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, Hawaii, Feb. 4, 2019. Harris was assigned to the USS Oklahoma which sustained fire
and multiple torpedo hits from Japanese aircraft during the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941, resulting in the deaths of more than 429 crew members. He was identified by the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency and returned to his family for burial with full military honors.
U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd class Seth Coulter
Donald Bennett, older brother of Fireman 3rd class (F3c) Robert Bennett, holds an American flag during a funeral at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, Hawaii, Feb. 4, 2019. Bennett was assigned to the USS Oklahoma which sustained fire and multiple torpedo hits from Japanese aircraft during the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941, resulting in the deaths of more than 429 crew members. He was identified through DNA analysis by the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency and returned to his family for burial with full military honors.
U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Apryl Hall
Members of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) conduct an honorable carry for the remains of unidentified U.S. service members at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, Jan. 30, 2019. The remains were recently disinterred from graves at the Manila American Cemetery and Memorial in the Philippines as part of DPAA’s effort to provide the fullest possible accounting of our missing personnel to their families and the nation.
U.S. Navy Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Tyler Thompson
U.S. Navy Diver 1st Class James Mostek, assigned to Mobile Diving and Salvage Company ONE-EIGHT, embarked aboard USNS Salvor (T-ARS 52), waits on a diving stage during a two-hour decompression stop after diving to 240 feet off the coast of Madang, Papua New Guinea, Dec. 7, 2018. The sailor is completing a Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) underwater recovery mission searching for personnel who went missing during WWII.
U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd class Seth Coulter
Jim Horton, Director of the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, speaks to Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency personnel and distinguished guests prior to a disinterment at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, Hawaii, Jan. 7, 2019. The disinterment was part of DPAA’s efforts to identify the remains of unknown service members from the Korean war.
U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Jamarius Fortson
US personnel with the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, the Defense Intelligence Agency's Stony Beach Team and Vietnamese National Representatives met Dec. 12, 2018 to Commemorate the 30th Anniversary of sustained bilateral field operations to account as fully as possible for missing Americans and recognize both the U.S. and Vietnamese for their efforts to obtain answers to end the uncertainty of POW/MIA families and return fallen U.S. personnel home.
DPAA Public Affairs
DPAA is pleased to launch the "FamWeb"- an online space for sharing updates, content and new information with families of personnel who are unaccounted-for and recently identified from past conflicts.