Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA)

Virtual Family Member Update - Miami

We held our Virtual Family Member Update for Miami, Florida, on Saturday, Jan. 22.

The program included overviews of all aspects of remains recovery operations, which take place around the world, and the agenda was tailored for family members attending. This included information and presentations about the U.S. government’s work to account for Americans still unaccounted for from the Vietnam War, the Korean War, the Cold War and World War II. Presentations included details about the forensic identification work done at our laboratories in Hawaii and Nebraska, as well as details about the Armed Forces Medical Examiner System (AFMES) in Delaware, including DNA analysis, one of the high-technology tools used by our scientists to identify the remains we recover.

You can watch the archived video of the presentations by clicking one of the links below.

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U.S. Servicemembers and Civilians Missing from Past Conflicts

STORIES & RELEASES

Soldier Accounted For From Korean War (Delauter, R.) The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that Army Sgt. Roy C. Delauter, 21, killed during the Korean War, was accounted for Jan. 18, Story

USS Oklahoma Sailor Accounted For From World War II (Perdue, C.) The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that Navy Shipfitter 1st Class Charles F. Perdue, 32, of Salisbury, Maryland, killed during World Story

Pilot Accounted For From Vietnam War (Charvet, P.) The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that U.S. Naval Reserve Cmdr. Paul C. Charvet, 26, of Grandview, Washington, killed during the Story

USS Oklahoma Sailor Accounted For From World War II (Casola, B.) The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that Navy Seaman 1st Class Biacio Casola, 26, of The Bronx, New York, killed during World War II, Story

Soldier Accounted For From Korean War (Cherry, R.B.) The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that Army Cpl. R.B. Cherry, 19, of Dallas, who died as a prisoner of war during the Korean War, was Story

USS West Virginia Sailor Accounted For From World War II (Melton, J.) The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that Navy Seaman 1st Class John R. Melton, 23, killed during World War II, was accounted for on Story

AFCLC and DPAA: A Partnership for Mission Success Since 2012, Language Enabled Airman Program Scholars and Foreign Area Officers from the Air Force Culture and Language Center have helped to support the Defense POW/MIA Agency’s mission. What started as linguistic support for DPAA’s Short-term Individual Augmentee Sourcing Conference has now developed into life-changing language, cultural and tactical support in helping DPAA connect with families of missing personnel. Story

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DPAA IN THE NEWS

How scientist/detectives work to identify missing service members (via Nebraska Public Media) How scientist/detectives work to identify missing service members inside the DPAA lab at Offutt Air Story

80th anniversary of Pearl Harbor brings end to victim-identification program (via the Washington Post) Twin brothers Leo and Rudolph Blitz were 16 when they applied to join the Navy. They were so young Story

A Noble Calling (via UMass Boston Magazine) Colonel (Retired) Fern Sumpter Winbush ’89 enjoyed a distinguished 30-year career in the U.S. Army, Story

How DNA Solved One of the Final Mysteries of Pearl Harbor (via Politico) On Sunday morning, Dec. 7, 1941, Mess Attendant 2nd Class Jesus Garcia, stationed aboard the USS Story

Inside the 80-Year Quest to Name Pearl Harbor's Unknown Victims (via Time Magazine) The seven sailors point their rifles skyward and fire three times in unison, shattering the silence Story

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